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Webster 1913 Edition


Pricking

Prick′ing

,
Noun.
1.
The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
“There is that speaketh like the prickings of a sword.”
Prov. xii. 18 [1583].
2.
(Far.)
(a)
The driving of a nail into a horse’s foot so as to produce lameness.
(b)
Same as
Nicking
.
3.
A sensation of being pricked.
Shak.
4.
The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick; also, the act of tracing a hare by its footmarks.
[Obs.]
5.
Dressing one's self for show; prinking.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Pricking

PRICK'ING

,
ppr.
Piercing with a sharp point; goading; affecting with pungent pain; making or becoming acid.

PRICK'ING

,
Noun.
A sensation of sharp pain, or of being pricked.

Definition 2024


pricking

pricking

English

Verb

pricking

  1. present participle of prick

Noun

pricking (plural prickings)

  1. The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
    • Bible, Proverbs xii. 18
      There is that speaketh like the prickings of a sword.
  2. A sensation that pricks.
    the prickings of conscience
  3. The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
  4. (mining) A nicking.
  5. The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick.
  6. The act of tracing a hare by its footmarks.
  7. (obsolete) Dressing oneself for show; prinking.