Pricking

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( n.) A sensation of being pricked.

(2): ( n.) The driving of a nail into a horse's foot so as to produce lameness.

(3): ( n.) Same as Nicking.

(4): ( n.) The mark or trace left by a hare's foot; a prick; also, the act of tracing a hare by its footmarks.

(5): ( n.) Dressing one's self for show; prinking.

(6): ( n.) The act of piercing or puncturing with a sharp point.

(7): ( p. pr. & vb. n.) of Prick

King James Dictionary

Prick'Ing, ppr. Piercing with a sharp point goading affecting with pungent pain making or becoming acid.

Prick'Ing, n. A sensation of sharp pain, or of being pricked.