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Webster 1913 Edition

Prickle

Pric′kle

,
Noun.
[AS.
pricele
,
pricle
; akin to LG.
prickel
, D.
prikkel
. See
Prick
,
Noun.
]
1.
A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine.
Bacon.
2.
A kind of willow basket; – a term still used in some branches of trade.
B. Jonson.
3.
A sieve of filberts, – about fifty pounds.
[Eng.]

Pric′kle

,
Verb.
T.
To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points.
Felt a horror over me creep,
Prickle
skin, and catch my breath.
Tennyson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Prickle

PRICK'LE

,
Noun.
In botany, a small pointed shoot or sharp process, growing from the bark only, and thus distinguished from the thorn, which grows from the wood of a plant. Thus the rose, the bramble, the gooseberry and the barberry are armed with prickles.
1.
A sharp pointed process of an animal.

Definition 2024

prickle

prickle

English

Noun

prickle ‎(plural prickles)

  1. A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn.
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  2. A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
  3. A kind of willow basket.
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  4. (Britain, obsolete) A sieve of hazelnuts, weighing about fifty pounds.

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Verb

prickle ‎(third-person singular simple present prickles, present participle prickling, simple past and past participle prickled)

  1. (intransitive) To feel a prickle.
  2. (transitive) To cause someone to feel a prickle.

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German

Verb

prickle

  1. First-person singular present of prickeln.
  2. First-person singular subjunctive I of prickeln.
  3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of prickeln.
  4. Imperative singular of prickeln.

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