present participle of prick

The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point. / A sensation that pricks. / The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness. / (mining) A nicking.

plural of pricking

A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing. / An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object. / (obsolete) A dot or other diacritical mark used in writing; a point.

(farriery) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness. / (transitive, hunting) To shoot without killing. / (transitive) To form by piercing or puncturing.

plural of prick

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of prick

punctured by small holes

simple past tense and past participle of prick

(architecture) The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths; a scratch coat. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the next coat.