Sekirov Dictionary

pricking

/ˈpɹɪkɪŋ/

noun 6
adjective 1
forms 3

noun6

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The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.
- The prickings of thorns
•
The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.
- THE pricking a horse has proved to be as useless an operation as it is simple, seldom or never having the desired effect; consequently the practice should be abolished — 1841
(figurative) A sensation that pricks, or causes sharp emotional pain.
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(no longer used) A nicking.
- No better material can be used than seggar or underclay prickings — 1906
(no longer used) The tracking of a hare by its footprints.
(no longer used) Dressing oneself for show; prinking.

adjective1

•
That pricks; pricky
- pricking pains

forms

prickings · more pricking · most pricking

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