Prick (?), n. [AS. prica, pricca, pricu; akin to LG. prick, pricke, D.
prik, Dan. prik, prikke, Sw. prick. Cf. Prick, v.] 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. The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp,
stinging pain; figuratively, remorse. "The pricks of conscience." A.
Tucker.
3. A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point. Hence: (a)
A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour. [Obs.] "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. [Obs.] "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.
[Obs.]