PRICK

prick. Prick, v. to pierce, spur, incite, affect with remorse, pain, hurt, make acid, mark

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Prick (?), n. [[AS. prica, pricca, pricu; akin to LG. prick, pricke, D. prik, Dan. prik, prikke, Sw. prick. Cf. Prick, v.]] 1. 1. That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.
Pins, wooden pricks, nails, sprigs of rosemary. Shak. It is hard for thee to kick against the pricks. Acts ix. 5. 2. 2. The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse. “The pricks of conscience.” A. Tucker.
3. 3. A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point. Hence: (a) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour. “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. “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.
4. 4. (Naut.) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco.