Pricking
//ˈpɹɪkɪŋ//
"Pricking" in a Sentence (6 examples)
I have a pricking pain here.
By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.
The prickings of thorns
the prickings of conscience
THE pricking a horse has proved to be as useless an operation as it is simple, seldom or never having the desired effect; consequently the practice should be abolished
No better material can be used than seggar or underclay prickings
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