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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PRICKING

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

PRICKING

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PRICKING

PRICKING Prick "ing, n.

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. ]

PRICKING-UP

PRICKING-UP Prick "ing-up, n. (Arch. )

Defn: The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the next coat. In the United States called scratch coat. Brande & C.