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Definition of Prickle

1. Verb. Cause a prickling sensation.

2. Noun. A small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf.

3. Verb. Cause a stinging or tingling sensation.

4. Verb. Make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn. "The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample"

Definition of Prickle

1. n. 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.

2. v. t. To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points.

Definition of Prickle

1. Noun. A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn. ¹

2. Noun. A tingling sensation of mild discomfort. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To feel a prickle. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To cause someone to feel a prickle. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Prickle

1. to prick [v -LED, -LING, -LES] - See also: prick

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prickle

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Literary usage of Prickle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Practical Handbook of the Pathology of the Skin: An Introduction to the by John MacLeod Hendrie MacLeod (1903)
"CHANGES in the prickle-cell layer occur in association with almost every form of dermatitis. Many of the new growths of the skin, both benign and malignant, ..."

2. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1882)
"L. spina. a thorn, prickle; also the back-hone. Allied to Spike. ... Ital. spinetta, a spinet, also a prickle; dimin. of spina, a thorn. ..."

3. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1908)
"... around the vessels of the papillary layer; (2) in the epidermis, some widening of the prickle-cell layer, with moderate oedema of the prickle-cells. ..."

4. Handbook of Diseases of the Skin by Hugo Ziemssen (1885)
"It is primarily mechanical ; the hair-cone arises from the papilla and presses from all directions against the prickle-layer of the follicle, ..."

5. An Account of the Fishes Found in the River Ganges and Its Branches by Francis Hamilton (1822)
"very short, and rather before the middle. It contains a strong sharp prickle, indented on the fore side, and three soft rays. ..."

6. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1897)
"Horny layer and granular layer, newly formed over the remaining prickle layer. d. Remaining prickle layer. e e. Clefts caused by the elevated horny and ..."

7. Practical Handbook of the Pathology of the Skin: An Introduction to the by John MacLeod Hendrie MacLeod (1903)
"CHANGES in the prickle-cell layer occur in association with almost every form of dermatitis. Many of the new growths of the skin, both benign and malignant, ..."

8. A Concise Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1882)
"L. spina. a thorn, prickle; also the back-hone. Allied to Spike. ... Ital. spinetta, a spinet, also a prickle; dimin. of spina, a thorn. ..."

9. The British Journal of Dermatology by British Association of Dermatology (1908)
"... around the vessels of the papillary layer; (2) in the epidermis, some widening of the prickle-cell layer, with moderate oedema of the prickle-cells. ..."

10. Handbook of Diseases of the Skin by Hugo Ziemssen (1885)
"It is primarily mechanical ; the hair-cone arises from the papilla and presses from all directions against the prickle-layer of the follicle, ..."

11. An Account of the Fishes Found in the River Ganges and Its Branches by Francis Hamilton (1822)
"very short, and rather before the middle. It contains a strong sharp prickle, indented on the fore side, and three soft rays. ..."

12. Saint Louis Medical and Surgical Journal (1897)
"Horny layer and granular layer, newly formed over the remaining prickle layer. d. Remaining prickle layer. e e. Clefts caused by the elevated horny and ..."

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