prickle

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A small sharp point, spine, or thorn.
2. n. A tingling or pricking sensation.
3. v. To prick as if with a thorn.
4. v. To cause a tingling or pricking sensation in.
5. v. To feel a tingling or pricking sensation.
6. v. To rise or stand up like prickles.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A little prick; a small sharp point; in botany, a small sharp-pointed conical process growing from the bark only, as in the rose and blackberry, and thus distinguished from the spine or thorn, which is usually a modified branch or leaf growing from the wood of the plant.
2. n. A sharp-pointed process or projection, as from the skin of an animal; a spine.
3. n. The sensation of being pricked or stung.
4. n. A kind of basket: still used in some trades. See the second quotation.
5. n. A sieve of filberts, containing about half of a hundredweight.
6. To prick or puncture slightly; pierce with fine sharp points.
7. To cause a pricking sensation in: said of the skin.
8. To cover with pricks or points; dot.
9. To be prickly.

Wiktionary

1. n. A small, sharp pointed object, such as a thorn.
2. n. A tingling sensation of mild discomfort.
3. v. intransitive To feel a prickle.
4. v. transitive To cause someone to feel a prickle.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. 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.
2. n. A kind of willow basket; -- a term still used in some branches of trade.
3. n. engraving A sieve of filberts, -- about fifty pounds.
4. v. To prick slightly, as with prickles, or fine, sharp points.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. make a small hole into, as with a needle or a thorn
2. n. a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
3. v. cause a stinging or tingling sensation
4. v. cause a prickling sensation