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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
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.
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