pricking

  • 81prick — ► VERB 1) press briefly or puncture with a sharp point. 2) feel a sensation as though a sharp point were sticking into one. 3) (often prick up) (chiefly of a horse or dog) make (the ears) stand erect when alert. 4) (prick out) plant (seedlings)… …

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  • 82pricker — prick ► VERB 1) press briefly or puncture with a sharp point. 2) feel a sensation as though a sharp point were sticking into one. 3) (often prick up) (chiefly of a horse or dog) make (the ears) stand erect when alert. 4) (prick out) plant… …

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  • 83compunction — [kəm puŋk′shən] n. [ME compunccion < OFr compunction < LL compunctio, a pricking (in LL(Ec), the pricking of conscience) < L compunctus, pp. of compungere, to prick, sting < com , intens. + pungere, to prick: see POINT] 1. a sharp… …

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  • 84stich — I. ˈstik noun ( s) Etymology: Greek stichos; akin to Greek steichein to walk, go more at stair : a measured part of something written especially in verse : line, verse II …

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  • 85com|punc´tion|less — com|punc|tion «kuhm PUHNGK shuhn», noun. 1. uneasiness of the mind because of wrongdoing; pricking of the conscience; regret; remorse: »He had no compunction about having eaten up a whole box of cookies. …a remorse and compunction for former sins …

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  • 86com|punc|tion — «kuhm PUHNGK shuhn», noun. 1. uneasiness of the mind because of wrongdoing; pricking of the conscience; regret; remorse: »He had no compunction about having eaten up a whole box of cookies. …a remorse and compunction for former sins (John Donne) …

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  • 87Chain stitch — Stitch Stitch, n. [OE. stiche, AS. stice a pricking, akin to stician to prick. See {Stick}, v. i.] 1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. [1913 Webster] 2. A single turn of the thread round a needle in… …

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  • 88Compunction — Com*punc tion, n. [OF. compunction, F. componction, L. compunctio, fr. compungere, compunctum, to prick; com + pungere to prick, sting. See {Pungent}.] 1. A pricking; stimulation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] That acid and piercing spirit which, with… …

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  • 89Lock stitch — Stitch Stitch, n. [OE. stiche, AS. stice a pricking, akin to stician to prick. See {Stick}, v. i.] 1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. [1913 Webster] 2. A single turn of the thread round a needle in… …

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  • 90Pearl stitch — Stitch Stitch, n. [OE. stiche, AS. stice a pricking, akin to stician to prick. See {Stick}, v. i.] 1. A single pass of a needle in sewing; the loop or turn of the thread thus made. [1913 Webster] 2. A single turn of the thread round a needle in… …

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