spine, thorn, prickle, pricker, sticker, spikelet
(noun) a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
prickle, prick
(verb) make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn; “The nurse pricked my finger to get a small blood sample”
tingle, prickle
(verb) cause a stinging or tingling sensation
prickle, prick
(verb) cause a prickling sensation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
prickle (plural prickles)
A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn.
A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
A kind of willow basket.
(UK, obsolete) A sieve of hazelnuts, weighing about fifty pounds.
prickle (third-person singular simple present prickles, present participle prickling, simple past and past participle prickled)
(intransitive) To feel a prickle.
(transitive) To cause (someone) to feel a prickle; to prick.
• pickler
Source: Wiktionary
Pric"kle, n. Etym: [AS. pricele, pricle; akin to LG. prickel, D. prikkel. See Prick, n.]
1. A little prick; a small, sharp point; a fine, sharp process or projection, as from the skin of an animal, the bark of a plant, etc.; a spine. Bacon.
2. A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some branches of trade. B. Jonson.
3. A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds. [Eng.]
Pric"kle, v. t.
Definition: To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points. Felt a horror over me creep, Prickle skin, and catch my breath. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
20 May 2025
(noun) deciduous roundheaded Asiatic tree widely grown in mild climates as an ornamental for its heart-shaped leaves and fragrant yellow-green flowers followed by hanging clusters of fleshy orange-red berries
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
