prickle

prickle
    n 1: a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or
         leaf [syn: {spine}, {thorn}, {prickle}, {pricker},
         {sticker}, {spikelet}]
    v 1: cause a prickling sensation [syn: {prickle}, {prick}]
    2: cause a stinging or tingling sensation [syn: {tingle},
       {prickle}]
    3: make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn; "The
       nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample" [syn:
       {prickle}, {prick}]
    

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.
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   2. A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some
      branches of trade. --B. Jonson.
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   3. A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds. [Eng.]
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Prickle \Pric"kle\, v. t.
   To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points.
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         Felt a horror over me creep,
         Prickle skin, and catch my breath.       --Tennyson.
   [1913 Webster] Prickleback
    

74 Moby Thesaurus words for "prickle":
      aculeus, acumination, adherent, adhesive, auger, barb, barnacle,
      bit, borer, bramble, brier, bristle, bulldog, burr, buzz, cactus,
      catchweed, cement, cleavers, cusp, decal, decalcomania, drill,
      glue, goose grass, gunk, itch, itchiness, jab, leech, limpet,
      molasses, mucilage, mucro, neb, needle, nettle, nib, paresthesia,
      paste, pine needle, pins and needles, plaster, point, prick,
      pricking, prickles, prickliness, prickling, prong, quill, remora,
      scratch, smart, spicule, spiculum, spike, spikelet, spine, spur,
      stick, sticker, sting, stinging, syrup, thistle, thorn, thrill,
      tine, tingle, tingling, tip, urtication, yucca