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prickle


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prickle  \Pric"kle\,  v.  t. 
  To  prick  slightly,  as  with  prickles,  or  fine,  sharp  points. 
 
  Felt  a  horror  over  me  creep,  Prickle  skin,  and  catch  my 
  breath.  --Tennyson. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  2.  A  kind  of  willow  basket;  --  a  term  still  used  in  some 
  branches  of  trade  --B.  Jonson 
 
  3.  A  sieve  of  filberts,  --  about  fifty  pounds.  [Eng.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  prickle 
  n  :  a  sharp-pointed  tip  on  a  stem  or  leaf  [syn:  {spine},  {thorn}] 
  v  1:  cause  a  prickling  sensation  [syn:  {prick}] 
  2:  cause  a  tingling  sensation  [syn:  {tingle}] 




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