Pricking-up

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pricking-up \Prick"ing-up\, n. (Arch.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]