Category:Pricking

Prick"ing, 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].

2. (far.) (a) the driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce Lameness. (b) same as nicking.

3. A sensation of being pricked. Shak.

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

5. Dressing one's self for show; prinking. [obs.]