sprick

n. [ AS. prica, pricca, pricu; akin to LG. prick, pricke, D. prik, Dan. prik, prikke, Sw. prick. Cf. Prick, v. ] 1. That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pins, wooden pricks, nails, sprigs of rosemary. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. Acts ix. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse. “The pricks of conscience.” A. Tucker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point. Hence: (a) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour. [ Obs. ] “The prick of noon.” Shak. (b) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin. “They that shooten nearest the prick.” Spenser. (c) A mark denoting degree; degree; pitch. [ Obs. ] “To prick of highest praise forth to advance.” Spenser. (d) A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid. (e) The footprint of a hare. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Naut.) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To spur onward; to ride on horseback. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

A gentle knight was pricking on the plain. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To aim at a point or mark. Hawkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having erect, pointed ears; -- said of certain dogs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou prick-eared cur of Iceland. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a sharp point; a prickle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who spurs forward; a light horseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

The prickers, who rode foremost, . . . halted. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A priming wire; a priming needle, -- used in blasting and gunnery. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Naut.) A small marline spike having generally a wooden handle, -- used in sailmaking. R. H. Dana, Ir. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Perhaps so called from the state of his horns. See Prick, and cf. Brocket. ] (Zool.) A buck in his second year. See Note under 3d Buck. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Far.) (a) The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness. (b) Same as Nicking. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A sensation of being pricked. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick; also, the act of tracing a hare by its footmarks. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Dressing one's self for show; prinking. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some branches of trade. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]