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prickle verb. ME.
[Partly from PRICKLE noun1, partly dim. of PRICK verb: see -LE3.]
verb intrans. Protrude sharply, point, rise or stand up like prickles. Chiefly Scot. ME.
verb trans. Prick or goad, esp. with a sharp instrument. Now rare. E16.
a. verb intrans. Be affected with a pricking sensation; tingle, smart. M17.
W. Brereton His finger burned and prickled. T. Morrison Jadine's neck prickled at the description.
b. verb trans. Cause to prickle. M19.
G. Vidal The heat prickled me unpleasantly. J. E. Gordon The horsehair stuffing prickled..her legs.
verb intrans. React defensively or esp. aggressively to a situation etc.; bristle with anger etc. L20.
S. Cooper The field was still, prickling with tension. Los Angeles Times Lawyers will prickle at the..approach he takes.
prickling noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) a pricking or tingling sensation, esp. on the skin: M17.