Prickle

4 definitions found

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

  Prickle \Pric"kle\, n. [AS. pricele, pricle; akin to LG.
     prickel, D. prikkel. See {Prick}, n.]
     1. A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp
        process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the
        bark of a plant, etc.; a spine. --Bacon.
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     2. A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some
        branches of trade. --B. Jonson.
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     3. A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds. [Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Prickle \Pric"kle\, v. t.
     To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points.
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           Felt a horror over me creep,
           Prickle skin, and catch my breath.       --Tennyson.
     [1913 Webster] Prickleback

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  prickle
       n : a sharp-pointed tip on a stem or leaf [syn: {spine}, {thorn},
            {pricker}, {sticker}]
       v 1: cause a prickling sensation [syn: {prick}]
       2: cause a stinging or tingling sensation [syn: {tingle}]
       3: make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn; "The
          nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample" [syn:
           {prick}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  74 Moby Thesaurus words for "prickle":
     aculeus, acumination, adherent, adhesive, auger, barb, barnacle,
     bit, borer, bramble, brier, bristle, bulldog, burr, buzz, cactus,
     catchweed, cement, cleavers, cusp, decal, decalcomania, drill,
     glue, goose grass, gunk, itch, itchiness, jab, leech, limpet,
     molasses, mucilage, mucro, neb, needle, nettle, nib, paresthesia,
     paste, pine needle, pins and needles, plaster, point, prick,
     pricking, prickles, prickliness, prickling, prong, quill, remora,
     scratch, smart, spicule, spiculum, spike, spikelet, spine, spur,
     stick, sticker, sting, stinging, syrup, thistle, thorn, thrill,
     tine, tingle, tingling, tip, urtication, yucca