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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prod \Prod\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prodded}; p. pr & vb n.
{Prodding}.]
To thrust some pointed instrument into to prick with
something sharp; as to prod a soldier with a bayonet; to
prod oxen; hence to goad, to incite, to worry; as to prod a
student. --H. Taylor.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prod \Prod\, n. [Cf. Gael. & Ir brod goad, prickle, sting, and
E. brad, also W. procio to poke, thrust.]
1. A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a
goad, an awl, a skewer, etc
2. A prick or stab which a pointed instrument.
3. A light kind of crossbow; -- in the sense often spelled
prodd. --Fairholt.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
prod
n 1: a verbalization that encourages you to attempt something
[syn: {goad}, {goading}, {prodding}, {urging}, {spur}, {spurring}]
2: a pointed instrument used to prod into motion [syn: {goad}]
v 1: to push against gently [syn: {nudge}, {poke at}]
2: urge on cause to act [syn: {incite}, {egg on}]
3: poke or thrust abruptly; "he jabbed his finger into her
ribs" [syn: {jab}, {stab}, {poke}, {dig}]
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