| 单词 | pricking |
| 例句 | Even later in the day, my enthusiasm for primitive sensation would survive the heat and the dust and the insects pricking my back. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z “Tell me all about it. Are limes the fashion now? It used to be pricking bits of rubber to make balls.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t believe that Workman hadn’t noticed Seabiscuit pricking his ears, an unmistakable sign that a horse is not concentrating. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The wind-driven sleet stung our skin like thousands of pricking needles. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z Every drop was cold as ice: hard little shards pricking at her skin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z In the darkness, he still felt the sharp bites of the horseflies, and he felt the mosquitoes, dozens and dozens of tiny pins pricking him, sucking at him, leaving their itchy venom behind. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z The two rectangular towers in the photo are gone, replaced by one glittering tower with a pointy top pricking the sky. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z I’ve discovered a trick, and the effect is overwhelming, just like pricking someone with a pin and watching them jump. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z He was pricking out an arrow-pierced heart on the sailor boy’s arm. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think you should get to bed early—you’ll need your sleep. Ah”—he stopped, held up a finger, pricking up his right ear— “it’s about to happen.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z I shook my head and started patting on my legs, doing my best to ignore the pricking feeling in my abdomen. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Instantly the Rottweilers ceased barking and dropped to sitting positions, their black ears pricking up intently. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Reviewing videotape with Axe and Valerie that day, I felt tears pricking at my eyes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z He could almost feel the quills pricking through his jeans into his leg. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The pain in my heart hurts so much it becomes physical and attacks my shoulders, back, arms, and neck like hot pins pricking at me. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Licking his chops he walked up the steps, lifted a bold demanding paw and scratched at the door, then sat down, pricking his ears expectantly. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I was on edge the rest of the day, the encounter with the boy sticking to me like burs pricking at my skin. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Every time he opened them, there was a brightness so dazzling his eyes felt as if needles were pricking them. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z How could he explain that what he wanted from his partner was companionship, not more probing, pricking doctors with their bad news that made his mother cry? The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z I had quit my search for the mallow root in my haste to return to the castle, and I tried to ignore the pricking of guilt, trusting that Elnora would forgive my broken promise. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I feel his gaze on my back, pricking the hairs on my neck. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Then I feel like many tiny pins are pricking my skin. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Trust me, I wanted to, water pricking at my eyelids, but no way. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z Suddenly there was a flash, a pricking sensation on my leg, and I looked down in time to see The Baron leap from my pants to the cover of fern. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Still, he could feel sweat pricking up on his forehead. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z I keep pricking myself and have to be careful not to get blood on the cloth. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z Blood dripped from his smarting skin, ulcers formed, and Siddhartha remained stiff, motionless, till no more blood flowed, till there was no more pricking, no more smarting. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like being plunged into an ice bath, a thousand small knives pricking at his skin. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Hear them yelling things, and even though he couldn't make out what they were yelling, he could still feel the sounds of their voices pricking him like staples in the back. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z I can feel the tears pricking mv eyes as he tells me. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The most exciting part of his day was pricking his toes and fingers with a knife. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Far, far below he could see the real world: the sunlight pricking out every tiny tree, turning every winding river into a thin silver snail-trail glistening and looping across the landscape of Faerie. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z The first scatters of rain were beginning to fall, pattering into the oak leaves and pricking the bare pink skin inside their ears. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Ekon fell to his knees, his back arching as pain pulsed through him in agonizing waves, like a thousand knives pricking every inch of his skin at once. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z All I would do by pricking him with a needle would be to get a cuff in return that would take my head off. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z “I was pricking through the purlieus of the forest after that Beast, you know, when I met with a solemn friar of orders grey, and he told me. It’s the very latest news.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt as if there were a mixture of peppers and sand inside them, pricking and burning her lids. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Mark and Linda sat up at the same time like nervous rabbits, their ears pricking up. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z A rumbling motor had my ears pricking up. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z Ralph stood up and walked for the sake of dignity, though with his back pricking, to the platform. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The imp pauses, hairpin between her fingers, probably considering pricking me with it. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z She felt tears pricking at the corners of her eyes. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z There was a light but sharp pricking beneath the fur across his back. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “Any thoughts? I think maybe try pricking people’s finger with a pin. Or pinching them really hard and seeing which hand hurts more.” Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z As he clipped, hair fell on my shoulders, pricking me like needles. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z As I look down at the cars and bicycles below, a tingling sensation rushes to my toes, making them feel as if a thousand little pins are gently pricking them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Aye—for the troops, in battle fury still, made one pass at me after another, pricking me with spears, hoping to kill me. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z A soft but terse march in the flute and harp is a pricking chill, which deepens in a muted chord that builds from the bottom to the top of the strings, then the woodwinds. Review: In ‘La Bohème’ at the Met, the Star Is in the Pit 2023-04-23T04:00:00Z Both he and his editors counter that he has no interest in pricking bubbles or deflating oversize reputations. Calvin Tomkins Continues to Chronicle Artists 2011-10-04T20:34:15Z DeGeneres, 55, is the proverbial “safe” choice — someone who can deliver some gentle, feel-good humor without pricking those gigantic Hollywood egos. Ellen’s the ‘safe’ Oscars host, but will she rise to the challenge? 2014-02-27T20:44:58Z There are two classic ways to help this along: pricking the skin or scoring it. This Whole Duck Recipe Is Perfectly Imperfect 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z If there is something you could do in your work now — whether making people understand something about the crisis, pricking consciences — to put your finger on the lever, what would it be? International Rescue Committee CEO: ‘The way refugees are seen is a running commentary on our own values’ 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z The waning days of 2018 had been crisp and clear, with flecks of starlight pricking the orange dome of the city at night. Ready, Set, Ski! In China, Snow Sports are the Next Big Thing 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z But then did Descartes ever build a vomiting machine or a clock powered by a sunflower seed, let alone design a “cat piano” played by pricking the tails of seven cats with differently pitched cries? Books of The Times: ‘A Man of Misconceptions’ by John Glassie 2012-12-30T21:22:10Z He fantasizes about pricking them with hepatitis A or aggravating cancerous growths with sloppy biopsies. Emma Straub’s ‘The Vacationers’ and Herman Koch’s ‘Summer House With Swimming Pool’ He takes glee in pricking the pomposity of Hollywood and telling you how “crazy” most of the people are there. Alexander Skarsgård: ‘Hollywood is very silly. People are so anxious’ | Tim Lewis 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z The author of three novels and three collections of short stories, he draws on our sympathies even while pricking our anxieties. Dan Chaon’s ‘Ill Will’ is the scariest novel of the year 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z Her title practically hisses the story’s symbolic implication, pricking those ancient warnings embedded in the Garden of Eden and the face of Medusa. Review | In Sadie Jones’s “The Snakes,” parents are more venomous than reptiles 2019-07-02T04:00:00Z It was when Margaret sang the song the children chorused to keep their spirits up that the tears started pricking; for her too. Captured by Pirates, Between Ourselves, Desert Island Discs, Wild Billy Childish | Radio review 2010-03-28T00:05:00Z There were bright, fast turns, the feet lightly pricking the stage; a swirly romantic pas de deux followed, then a stage-filling arsenal of legs, shoulders and resolve. Dance Theatre of Harlem reborn 2015-10-10T04:00:00Z She feels like someone has been pricking a voodoo doll made in her image. She says she was harassed by superiors. Now she protests outside the TSA for hours. 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Skunk — wonderfully played by Ms. Laurence — has Type 1 diabetes, and there are repeated scenes of her pricking her finger and checking her blood sugar. Movie Review: ‘Broken’ Brings Kitchen-Sink Realism to Today’s Britain 2013-07-18T21:30:52Z Instead of helping us to entirely forget the woes pricking at us for a time, it ended up throwing them into sharp relief. How the "Great British Baking Show" flaked out on us when we needed it most 2020-11-27T05:00:00Z Its inspiration derives from the historian Dio Cassius, who reported how, in the reign of Domitian, "some persons made a business of smearing needles with poison and then pricking with them whomsoever they would". The Ides of April by Lindsey Davis – review 2013-05-09T08:01:01Z The knife was used for a variety of purposes, such as pricking and correcting errors by scraping the parchment. Why so many medieval manuscripts feature doodles – and what they reveal 2022-10-15T04:00:00Z That driving vibrancy then recedes, in quiet music gently perforated with a pricking constellation of high-pitched percussion. Review: Gustavo Dudamel Could Be the New York Philharmonic’s Future 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z Wood initially gained his reputation as a sharp-eyed and sharp-tongued reviewer of contemporary fiction, and on the evidence presented here he has lost none of his early zeal for pricking inflated reputations. The Fun Stuff and Other Essays by James Wood – review 2013-03-01T08:00:01Z The field is so small, the stakes so apparently low, that pricking any but the most inflated reputation can seem, as the phrase goes, like breaking a butterfly on a wheel. ‘Major Labels’ Wraps Popular Music — All of It — in a Warm Embrace 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Last week I replied to a woman whose choice not to communicate with her abusive mother was pricking her conscience. My nieces don’t know they were conceived by IVF | Mariella Frostrup 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z The luminous Elle Fanning steps in as Aurora at 16, pricking her finger on a spindle and falling in a death-like sleep while she awaits true love's kiss. Angelina Jolie is wickedly good in the not-quite-classic 'Maleficent' 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Blood obtained by pricking a baby’s heel was collected on filter paper and tested for phenylketonuria, a rare metabolic condition that, if untreated, causes intellectual disability. Newborn Genomic Screening Needs to Build the Evidence 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z The researchers found that people carrying three so-called Neanderthal variants in the gene SCN9A, which is implicated in sensory neurons, are more sensitive to pain from skin pricking after prior exposure to mustard oil. Neanderthal gene variants associated with greater pain sensitivity 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z The current gold standard test—only conducted in specialized allergy clinics—involves pricking the skin and injecting a small amount of penicillin. 95 Percent of Penicillin Allergies Are Wrong. A New Test Could Help 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z District Judge Thomas Ludington is not interfering with the practice of pricking the heels of babies to draw blood to screen for more than 50 diseases, a longstanding procedure in hospitals across the United States. Judge’s decision could force change in Michigan’s handling of newborn blood samples 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z People with Type 1 diabetes use the CGM to monitor their blood glucose levels - or blood sugar - around the clock, meaning they don't have to constantly take blood samples by pricking their fingers for readings. Anger and fear after popular diabetes app breaks 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Medical workers stepped outside to receive the tribute, some with tears pricking their eyes. AP PHOTOS: Easter week still a ritual in more secular Spain 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z The authors found that the three variants were associated with a lower pain threshold in response to skin pricking after prior exposure to mustard oil, but not in response to heat or pressure. Neanderthal gene variants associated with greater pain sensitivity 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z At this moment, all English majors, past and present, should feel their ears collectively pricking up, for Byron’s full name was “George Gordon, Lord Byron.” Review | Rachel Hawkins gives the Gothic suspense novel a witty update in ‘The Villa’ 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Then the sturdiest among each thicket of tiny seedlings is moved up to its own pot, a process called pricking out. Studying the flowers — knowing how (and when) to sow your seed collection 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z He added: "We are determined to bring someone to justice and if your conscience isn't pricking you after all this time maybe a £50,000 reward will." Bolton fire: Mother's appeal to catch killer arsonist 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z He told the congregation that there were times when Philip could be “abrupt” and “somewhat sharp in pricking what he thought to be bubbles of pomposity or sycophancy.” Queen Elizabeth II, escorted by son Andrew, makes first big public appearance in months 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Victory, pricking United’s conceit, could make the other nine months of bleak mediocrity worthwhile. In Derby Without Drama, City Wins a Laugher 2022-03-06T05:00:00Z “You had breakfast yet, Luz?” the nurse asked as she stabilized her hand for emergency medical technician Timothy Samuelson, who was pricking her fingertip to check her blood sugar. COVID-19 got this medical team into homeless camps. What about after the pandemic? 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z Blood is taken by pricking the finger or drawing blood from your arm through a needle. What You Need to Know About Getting Tested for Coronavirus 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z The kit costs about $1,000 for 20 tests, each of which involve pricking a finger and putting a drop of blood on a tray. Empty seats, delivered feasts as virus changes Thanksgiving 2020-11-26T05:00:00Z The needles used in the sham treatment had a blunt tip, to give a pricking sensation without penetrating the skin. Research round-up: headache 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z While managing it meant she had to do things differently from her friends - such as frequently pricking herself to check her blood sugar - she didn’t let it define her. Lives Lost: Beloved aunt would ask: ‘Where’s the party at?’ 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z While managing it meant she had to do things differently from her friends – such as frequently pricking herself to check her blood sugar – she didn’t let it define her. Lives Lost: Beloved aunt would ask: ‘Where’s the party at?’ 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Health workers with the biomedical center The Butantan Institute administered the tests by pricking fingers and dripping the blood into the openings of plastic rapid testing kits. Brazil descendents of escaped slaves tested for coronavirus 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z “All I could tell the doctors in my local county was that it felt like something was pricking me inside my abdomen,” the 51-year-old said, according to AsiaWire. Fish bone removed from woman's liver after she swallowed it 8 years ago, report says 2020-01-10T05:00:00Z Hypervigilance and pricking fear were useful when survival depended on evading lions; they are not particularly productive when the predators are Alzheimer’s and cancer. A World Without Pain 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z They discovered that she walked the hospital ward late at night with a bedside glucose meter, pricking the edge of patients’ fingers to test their blood sugar. Suspicious insulin injections, nearly a dozen deaths: Inside an unfolding investigation at a VA hospital in West Virginia 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z In 2004, a researcher died at the laboratory complex after accidentally pricking herself with a needle carrying the Ebola virus. Blast sparks fire at Russian laboratory housing smallpox virus 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z At first, my parents did most of the injections and the finger pricking to test my blood sugar. Perspective | Diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age 8 meant growing up quickly 2019-07-05T04:00:00Z CLAIM: A stroke can be stopped by pricking the fingers of the person showing symptoms. NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Other harmful or nonmedical procedures, including piercing, pricking, incising, scraping and cauterization. 4 Women With Lives Scarred by Genital Cutting: Could a Surgeon Heal Them? 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z Sneddon showed that pinching and pricking fish activates these nerve fibres. Are we wrong to assume fish can't feel pain? 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z This visceral moment, captured by TV cameras, appears to have gone some way to pricking Flake’s conscience. Rape survivors' powerful rebuke to Jeff Flake a key moment on day of drama 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z The new monitor uses some finger pricking, says Mr. Sayer, because “we’ve not seen anything sitting outside the body that delivers the accuracy that patients require.” Wearable Health Monitors: Do They Work? 2018-09-17T04:00:00Z At home in Lalitpur, a Nepali city of ancient temples, the pricking pain from the shrapnel lodged in his body keeps him awake. ‘They Treated Our Men Like Goats’: Guards in Afghan Blast Sue Employers and Canada 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Other harmful or nonmedical procedures, including piercing, pricking, incising, scraping and cauterization. 4 Women With Lives Scarred by Genital Cutting: Could a Surgeon Heal Them? 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z The pecking chicks symbolise the pricking of the unknown killer’s conscience so as to hasten justice. Duterte Harry's drugs war: how one family was destroyed 2018-06-10T04:00:00Z In fact, his penchant for pricking sacred cows was matched only by his fondness for distinctive clothing. Tom Wolfe: A Life in Full 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z Currently, the two main methods involve drawing blood by pricking a finger or inserting a needle under the skin to measure the glucose in the fluid between cells. The latest glucose-sensing smart contact lens still has a long way to go 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z While Hutchinson denied he ever tried to get a case laughed out of court, he could never resist pricking the pomposity of judges who seemed far removed from everyday life. Obscenity trials QC Hutchinson dies at 102 2017-11-14T05:00:00Z One obvious trigger for the pricking of the Chinese credit bubble would be US trade sanctions. How Trump v Kim can wreck the world economy without a shot being fired | Larry Elliott 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z “I call it pricking the memory,” Splinter said. History lovers restore, rebuild military vehicles 2017-07-22T04:00:00Z And "you never want to start reaching into people's pockets," he said, explaining that crews often cut people's pockets open for fear of pricking themselves with needles. Authorities Suspect Fentanyl to Blame in Miami Child's Death 2017-07-18T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, completely non-invasive methods for measuring glucose that don’t involve finger pricking to get a drop of blood are under development. How Close Are We to a Real Star Trek-Style Medical Tricorder? 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z But there’s one polling trend in particular that should have Republicans feeling frigid stilettos of panic pricking their necks: Young voters absolutely loathe the uniquely toxic Republican nominee. The GOP’s youth-vote disaster: Donald Trump’s nomination could hurt Republicans for years to come 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z Dock the crust by lightly pricking it all over with a fork. When is the best time to eat peaches? 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z A United States laboratory researcher was back at work after contracting the Zika virus by pricking herself with a needle during an experiment last month, broadcaster ABC News said on Thursday. U.S. researcher contracts Zika during experiment: media 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z But the past keeps pricking a fanbase that now has waited 18 years for another trip to the conference finals. Caps didn’t lose because of their past, but it makes losing more painful 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z “He started pricking his ears back and forth at the top of the stretch.” Nyquist wins Kentucky Derby after pulling away on final stretch 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z He said: "Patients are very keen on this. One of the big problems with patients measuring their glucose is they don't like pricking their finger, so there's a lot of interest." Cardiff University microwave device to help diabetics - BBC News 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z From the next cell came a voice, pricking him out of his numbness: From Albany to Prison: Ex-Lawmakers on Life Behind Bars 2016-04-30T04:00:00Z Aloni, 56, is known both for his leftist politics and for pricking audiences — past movies include 2006’s “Forgiveness,” about a Jewish mental hospital on the site of a massacre of Palestinians. Tribeca: Oren Moverman-scripted 'Junction 48' offers view of less-seen Middle Eastern hotpot 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z The surprise announcement that the pope would return to Rome with three Syrian families—including a mother and her handicapped child and others with health problems—appears aimed at pricking Europe’s conscience. Pope Makes Migrant Visit, Returns to Rome With Three Families 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z Was he being prankish, playfully pricking establishment balloons, or was he making a serious point? Conceptual art: why a bag of rubbish is not just a load of garbage 2016-04-09T04:00:00Z Those conducting the lethal injection tried repeatedly to insert the IV, but they failed - jabbing, poking and pricking, causing bruising and tissue damage. Editorials from around Ohio 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z It wasn’t hard if you knew how to avoid pricking your fingers,” he said. Houston African-American cowboy blazed new trails 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z When he was done, he pushed a syringe into Hasanaj’s scalp, pricking him all along the stitches from the day before. The Terrible Beauty of Brain Surgery 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z Additionally, the Theranos technology relies on pricking a finger, rather than using a needle, to draw blood. Theranos Founder Faces a Test of Technology, and Reputation 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z Two preadolescent girls in the household of village minister Samuel Parris were the first to be afflicted with fits, speak gibberish, and complain of pricking, pinching and choking. When an evil mania struck 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z If Jason Heikenfeld of Eccrine Systems, a Cincinnati firm, has his way, the days are numbered for pricking the skin to obtain a sample. Sweating the big stuff 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z The WHO is also calling for sheathed needles that prevent doctors accidentally pricking their fingers. Call for global single-use syringes 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z The test—called the C-reactive protein test—works by pricking the patient’s finger for blood. Antibiotics Gain Resistance, Researchers Fight Back 2015-01-26T05:00:00Z Diabetics engage in a painful ritual every day, often several times: pricking their fingers with a spring-loaded needle to test the glucose in their blood. This Tattoo for Diabetics Might Mean the End of Finger Pricking 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z He knew he was pricking at the skin of something deeper. Ivan Pavlov Sought a Grand Theory of the Mind, Not Drooling Dogs 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z Then, with a slight pinch from a small, square lancet containing a pricking pin, she drew two drops of blood, which she siphoned into a dime-size container. One Woman’s Drive to Revolutionize Medical Testing | The New Yorker 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z “It’s just pricking that finger,” Frye said with a shudder. Rare D.C. house-call doctor straddles two Washingtons That happened in 2009, when a German researcher received the shot after accidentally pricking herself while working with Ebola in the lab. Why Is There No Treatment for Ebola? 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z "People are always trying to come up with new ideas of how to measure blood sugar without pricking the fingers." Saliva Test Might Someday Replace Needle Prick for Diabetics 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z For many, this requires pricking themselves throughout the day, then reading their blood sugar levels and determining how much insulin they need to inject. Here Is the Deal With the Bionic Pancreas 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z To avenge her loss she curses her betrayer’s daughter to a life of sleep after pricking her finger on a spinning wheel on her 16th birthday. Will Maleficent Be The Next Box Office Hit? 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Now he is pricking the consciousness of Silver and the owners. Few Owners Could Withstand a Public Airing of Private Remarks 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Gray, who co-wrote the script with the late Ric Menello, observes her stealing money from the girls or, to appear healthy for a deportation agent, pricking her finger to redden her cheeks with the blood. Review: ‘The Immigrant’ a somber masterpiece 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z The fear is of a downward spiral in which the pricking of the property bubble leads to a panic in shadow finance, which reduces access to credit, pushing property prices and economic growth down further. Battling the darkness 2014-05-08T04:00:00Z Whenever fear surfaced, she would picture herself pricking a big red balloon with a pin. Olympians Use Imagery as Mental Training 2014-02-22T19:12:21Z That only four of the five Olympic rings were illuminated at the proper moment seemed an especially amusing glitch, pricking the balloon of the pomposity with which the IOC conducts its ceremonies. Russia shows its face to the world 2014-02-08T03:56:00Z A series of minor doping scandals had emerged in the preceding couple of years, pricking the interest of the Spanish police. Spanish Olympic dreams dashed? 2013-05-01T17:10:36Z By lap 21, the unthinkable happened: Prost took the lead, pricking thousands of homemade balloons in the process. Reliving the 1986 Brazilian Grand Prix 2013-03-15T11:43:33Z In fact, Black Monday was merely the pricking of a stock market bubble – a financial market crisis for sure, but not an economic one. How Black Monday sowed the seeds for the current financial crisis 2012-10-13T23:06:42Z Tatu, or tatau, was the word used for the adornment of the skin by pricking or cutting and then applying colour. The rise of the Maori tribal tattoo 2012-09-21T00:06:53Z Instead, the fighting in Aleppo and Damascus appears to indicate that the insurgents want to annoy the government — kind of like a mosquito, pricking it constantly and wearing it down before flitting away. Ancient Aleppo Echoes With Gunfire as War Reaches Its Cobbled Streets 2012-07-25T10:00:45Z A student got hold of a lancet and he went around pricking a number of other students in his immediate friendship group and wider than that. Boy 'used needle to stab pupils' 2012-06-15T09:50:21Z This hasn't stopped commercial companies from pricking up their ears. Electrical stimulation of the brain: the benefits of the short, sharp shock 2012-06-02T23:05:13Z One was of a needle pricking a hand, another was of a Q-tip touching a hand, and the third was just a hand all by its lonesome self. Watching Shot Can Boost Pain 2012-05-26T09:45:00.223Z Here it is now: yes, here it is: I have it, pricking thing for future pricking, if need be: long, needle-pointed: Toledo steel: the right length to kill her—or me. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z On the contrary, he appeared to take a delight in pricking Rufus with pointed and unpleasant suggestions. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Cowering in the shelter of their boats, they stood shivering all day, the fine pricking snow penetrating their very clothes. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z If a man exist not too remote from his hairy ancestors to have lost the habit of the pricking ear, he was that man. The Literary Sense 2012-04-02T02:00:28.147Z My conscience pricking me, I felt some misgiving when I saw him, after staring at me and whispering to two or three of his neighbors, beckon the landlord aside. The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z "Am I very late, Mr. Basset?" she asked, her conscience pricking her. The Great House 2012-03-30T02:00:14.973Z In her trembling hands she feels the pricking of needles which she asks us to pull out. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z He was absorbed in abstruse calculations when Luachan, suddenly pricking up his ears, and impatiently scratching at the door, gave notice that some stranger approached the castle. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z When such a streamer breaks out on any part of the body, it produces a sensation like the pricking of a needle. The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting 2012-03-28T02:00:22.660Z These little insects fluttered about, alighting, some upon Epimetheus, who had just entered, and some upon Pandora, pricking and stinging them most unmercifully. Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art 2012-03-27T02:00:24.357Z Among the devices for centring work by hand, or of pricking the centre preparatory for centre-drilling, are the following:— Fig. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z The contact was only interrupted twice,—at the moment when Dr. Richet felt a pricking in his arm. Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants 2012-03-28T02:00:29.747Z “No, I don’t,” said Boulatoff with a laugh, pricking up his ears. The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z The pain was neither violent nor pricking, but mild. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The pricking out of seedlings in pots in the propagating pit is effected in a similar way. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z Punting in this stationary position is technically called "pricking." Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z “Aha!” nodded the old operator, pricking up his ears with interest. Ralph, the Train Dispatcher The Mystery of the Pay Car 2012-02-29T03:00:25.457Z That is," he continued, his conscience pricking him, "it would be the same thing then. Laid up in Lavender 2012-02-28T03:00:28.157Z The fresh blood may be examined immediately after obtaining it by pricking the washed finger of the patient. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Thus shallow square or oblong wooden boxes, made of light, inexpensive wood, are very useful for seed-sowing, for pricking out seedlings, or for planting cuttings. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" 2012-03-04T03:00:13.390Z There are two ways of punting, known respectively as "pricking" and "running." Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z I drew one of my pistols from the holster and allowed Warlock to sniff it, which he did, arching his neck and pricking forward two wise ears. Cardigan 2012-02-24T03:00:29.073Z No one spoke, and I went on with my copy; but it was hard work for me to do so, for I was in a pricking pulsation from head to foot. Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 2012-02-23T03:00:42.347Z Warned by some mysterious "pricking of the thumbs" of coming wickedness, they sought to avert it. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z Somesville lay beneath us, its little steeple pricking the frosty air. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z This is, of course, intended for "pricking" from the stern. Ladies in the Field: Sketches of Sport 2012-03-03T03:00:17.540Z Do you dance?” cried the boys, pricking up their ears. The Camp Fire Girls' Larks and Pranks or, The House of the Open Door 2012-02-21T03:00:19.740Z Straw-colored darts, wine-colored darts, sky-colored darts, were pricking the bull to frenzy. Spanish Highways and Byways 2012-02-06T03:00:15.617Z Well, well, dearie, you're in the pricking stages yet; I went through that, same as another. The Little Princess of Tower Hill 2012-02-06T03:00:11.547Z When eating anything that came in contact with it, or even when moving the mouth in a certain direction would cause a sticking, pricking pain. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z "That's a lie," he shouted, and in a flash his sword was out of the scabbard and the point of it pricking my breast. Lawrence Clavering 2012-02-01T03:00:11.667Z Handheld meters require a drop of blood, usually obtained by pricking a patient's fingers with a pin or lancet — a process painful enough for some to discourage regular checking. Medical: Blood, urine testing faces new competition in testing 2012-01-30T16:20:04Z He saw himself as one of those bubbles ripe for pricking with which the House of Commons is perpetually iridescent. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z Outside the candles stood the pirates armed with penknives, tucks, forks, and compasses, and the musicians playing a lively dance, they drove the prisoner round, pricking him as he passed. The Monarchs of the Main, Volume III (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers 2012-01-23T03:00:10.207Z Eruption preceded by pricking sensation which gradually changes to a smarting. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z Just stickers in your brain sort of pricking, you know. The Girl Scouts at Rocky Ledge Nora's Real Vacation 2012-01-20T03:00:14.427Z The pricking warmth of his presence would meet me as I came up the stair. A Woman of Genius 2012-01-18T03:00:09.517Z I could never lift my eyes save to the Crystal Palace, crouching, cowering wretchedly among the yellow-grey clouds, pricking up its two round towers like pillars of anxious misery. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z She broke it off, pricking her fingers, and hastily fastened it in the bosom of her white frock. The Crux 2012-01-12T03:00:12.630Z When chewed in the mouth, the root is slow in manifesting its peculiar taste; but after some moments a pricking sensation is felt, which soon amounts to a disagreeable smarting, and continues for some time. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z Socrates, according to Plato, must have spent a good many hours and days in buttonholing young men on the streets of Athens, and pricking the airy bubbles of the catchwords which they used so glibly. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z "What salmon was that?" asked the hostess, pricking up her ears. The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies 2011-12-28T03:00:34.587Z Samuel, under the table, croaked out in a voice of fierce monotony: "P. is for Porkypine, whose bristles so strong Kill the bold lion by pricking 'is tongue." The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z “But look sharp, confound you, it’s pricking me.” Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z Slight pricking sensation of pain in the heart. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z That is one of the beauties of such kindergarten devices as pricking paper and weaving bright yarn back and forth to fill up the picture outlined by the holes. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z The wretched animals, who had been pricking their ears at the prospect of approaching food and rest, had literally to be thrashed out on the road again. By Desert Ways to Baghdad 2011-12-18T03:00:22.240Z He sat up, looking for all the world like a dog pricking its ears to something no one else could hear. The Wolves of God And Other Fey Stories 2011-12-17T03:00:15.447Z Of course there was no answer, and Sangster angrily repeated the question, lowering the point of his spear as he did so, and slightly pricking the man below him. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z “Oh! you rather enjoyed it, did you?” pricking up her ears. Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing 2011-12-08T03:00:28.210Z “Much game there, mother?” asked Warlock, pricking both his ears. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z It will mean, at best, the pricking of the bubbles we have so long and so laboriously been blowing. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z She became an austere grumbler, forever pricking her sweet-tempered lord with a tireless little bodkin of reproach. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z Grasping the perpendicular surface of the bank with their claws, and steadying themselves by means of their tails they commence operations by pricking a small hole with their bills. British Birds in their Haunts 2011-11-23T03:00:23.677Z From pricking ears to mincing feet She was all tense with blood and quiver, You saw her clipt hide twitch and shiver Over her netted cords of veins. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z Geoffrey, pricking both ears, was doing very well, until the lady at the other end of the line asked a question at the exact moment when Barbara offered a new thought. Life's Minor Collisions 2011-11-03T02:00:17.547Z A prolific writer, he often satirizes his fellow Muslims, pricking the traditionalists. Beliefs: Michael Muhammad Knight Straddles Muslim and Hip-Hop Worlds 2011-10-29T01:40:37Z Then, lowering its head, it threw out its tongue, and, pricking the student's nose, began to suck the blood which came out and fell on the ground. Strange Stories from the Lodge of Leisures 2011-10-17T02:00:17.420Z Bodkin, bod′kin, n. a small dagger: a small instrument for pricking holes or for dressing the hair: a large blunt needle.—To sit, or ride, bodkin, to be wedged in tight between two others. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) 2011-10-11T02:01:08.990Z By the Roman Road to Braiches Ridge Where the fallen willow makes a bridge, Over the brook by White Hart's Thorn, To the acres thin with pricking corn. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z And now indeed, our blood thrills as if needles were pricking our veins, for we are near our destination,—near Harrodsburg the goal of our boyhood's ambition. The Story of a Life 2011-10-11T02:01:02.723Z One ear he held, a flapping dockleaf, low, The other pricking like a horn on high; This heeded all around that come and go, And this the larks careering up the sky. A Century of Emblems 2011-10-08T02:00:24.280Z He felt little needles pricking at the back of his eyes, his blood congealed into a jelly, and the palms of his hands suddenly became covered with a film of perspiration. Chance in Chains A Story of Monte Carlo 2011-10-03T02:00:32.613Z Dry sand blew past, pricking his face, and when he turned toward the sea he saw a group of indistinct objects still standing about the boat. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z "Wait, my friend, I have something to say to thee," Chares said, pricking the man with his sword point. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z When all things were tumbled and clean out of fashion, Whether it were by fortune, or some other constellation, Suddenly the needle Hodge found by the pricking. Gammer Gurton's Needle 2011-09-24T02:00:15.643Z "So that's all right," said Cyril, taking up his needle and instantly pricking his hand in a new place. The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 2011-09-21T02:00:33.023Z She felt that she could not endure it much longer and live; for the Lily was left quite alone among thorns, and the thorns were pricking her almost to death. The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z He never comes into port but there be strange rumours of him ahead; it seems to be told by the pricking of thumbs. Rob of the Bowl, Vol. I (of 2) A Legend of St. Inigoe's 2011-09-11T02:00:10.443Z At that moment an officer came up, and restored some order amongst the men, striking and pricking several of them with his sword. In the Russian Ranks A Soldier's Account of the Fighting in Poland 2011-09-11T02:00:08.747Z Not only am I thinking, but 'tis as if some one were pricking me with an awl. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z He sank back on a horsehair rocking chair and the room grew black with little pricking stars. Mortmain 2011-09-09T02:01:10.217Z After that there is a world of ingenuity to be expended on the plaiting, folding, cutting, and pricking of plain or coloured paper. Dickens As an Educator 2011-09-02T02:00:22.320Z Brouillard tried to remember that he was the Reclamation Service construction chief, that the pricking of the Mirapolitan bubble early or late concerned him not at all,—tried it and failed. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z Immediately Loree experienced the same odd pricking in her blood as the rays of the diamond seemed to cause her. Pink Gods and Blue Demons 2011-08-31T02:01:22.827Z I can now barely sit in my place, just as if some one were pricking me from under the bench with an awl. Pan Michael An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey. 2011-09-10T02:00:24.983Z He kneeled down and, after pricking his fingers several times, succeeded in bending two pins against the thwart. Caybigan 2011-08-31T02:01:21.780Z In reality his conscience was uncomfortably pricking him. The Wayfarers 2011-08-28T02:00:32.867Z You have sized it up precisely, Mr. Cortwright; that is a panic in the making, and the bubble won't stand for very much pricking. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z And almost as we passed the bar, away in front we saw, among the islands, the pricking of a quick pointed light. Sea and Sardinia 2011-08-28T02:00:30.857Z Feb. 19th.—Says she has been very comfortable; the pricking sensations have ceased. Telepathy and the Subliminal Self 2011-08-26T02:00:28.567Z He was doing everything easy on the front end just pricking up his ears. Noosa Beach's connections say high weight too much to overcome 2011-08-22T04:05:51Z Take these little pricking thorns, and the wounds they make, yes, and the poison they sometimes leave behind, to the loving hand of the Great Healer. Salome 2011-08-20T02:00:12.970Z Thus was the first deleatur of pricking conscience duly heeded by Franklin, the Printer; the first erratum revised. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z Scarcely had he dozed off when suddenly he sprang to a sitting position, and pricking up his ears, emitted a vicious growl. The Land of Lure A Story of the Columbia River Basin 2011-08-09T02:00:24.217Z The poor old governor felt his scalp contract with an icy coldness, every single root of hair pricking into it like a red-hot needle--his hair standing on end! For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z “Now, then, down with you, and shove off,” says Van Haigh, showing his cursed white teeth, and pricking at poor Sam Brown with his cutlash, just out of malice like. Midnight Webs 2011-07-29T02:00:30.077Z He made the motions of pricking with his bayonet as he spoke, "One—two—hop!" The Blockade of Phalsburg An Episode of the End of the Empire 2011-07-27T02:00:39.197Z But verse 24 tells us the reason; she was a pricking brier to the house of Israel. The Prophet Ezekiel An Analytical Exposition 2011-07-27T02:00:27.557Z "African parrots never think, unless it's about the pricking inside them," said Redmond. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z And even the old general felt an unwonted pricking about his eyelids when the governor knelt by the dead body of his friend. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z NEW YORK—As the clock ticks down on a deal to raise the debt ceiling, the partisan bickering and floating of trial balloons are pricking Treasury bond holders' nerves. Bumpy Ride Likely for Treasurys 2011-07-17T17:55:50Z Ann drew one of her hands away and, taking up a pine-needle, began pricking the bit of cape that lay between them. Nobody's Child 2011-06-29T02:00:24.827Z The horse dozed fitfully, one hip slumped, waking now and then with a jerk, pricking his ears at the quiet figure as though he detected movement; then letting them droop again rather forlornly. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z "It's not so much what she'll say as—as what may happen up there," protested Dave, his conscience still pricking him. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z I looked up into his handsome, smiling face, and little needle points began pricking in my spine. The Camp Fire Girls on the Open Road or, Glorify Work 2011-06-23T02:00:25.403Z Truly, Miss Walsh was making the hotel one that day—the hotel to which she had only come because of that hat-pin stuck in a guide-book and pricking at random a name on a page! The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z Then, remembering the bouquet of Sassoon's, she took it off, pricking her fingers. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z Evening was well into dusk with the first stars pricking through the failing daylight when two riders came through the HC gate. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z Well, I hadn't forgotten my old sailor dodge of "pricking for the softest plank," so it was no particular hardship to me, and I passed a fair night. From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush 2011-06-08T02:00:16.290Z He generally gave birth to one or two more happy turns of expression after he did hear it, pricking his ears all the while, however, in dread of a second order to march. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z The boy had been patiently pricking the bench with a saddler's punch; now he raised his deliberate dark eyes and looked at the other point-blank. Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z Then pricking on his mules, he waited for no more questions. The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha 2011-05-01T02:00:10.977Z I artfully diverted Nadine's pain, which resembled that of a pin pricking, by philosophizing. The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z She has gone forth like a warrior With pricking glaive and spear, And Grief has quailed in his ambush When her flashing arms drew near. Two Fishers, and Other Poems 2011-04-08T02:00:09.700Z The pricking was worse to bear than the slashing with the knife, but I made no outcry, knowing the uselessness of it. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z One after the other the prisoners filed past the doctors, who worked automatically at their pricking job. 13 Days The Chronicle of an Escape from a German Prison 2011-04-01T02:00:33.827Z Thus frankly solicited, the young courtier hesitated no longer; but, pricking his horse with the spur, rode briskly forward. The White Gauntlet 2011-03-30T02:00:16.130Z A sharp pricking of curiosity brought Napier back into the hall. The Messenger 2011-03-26T02:00:14.523Z Helen had long been a thorn in her side, and the pricking of this poor little thorn was fast becoming unendurable to her. Unlucky A Fragment of a Girl's Life 2011-03-24T02:00:14.360Z Then, pricking his horse with a spur having rowels full five inches in diameter, he canters off towards the caravan. The Lost Mountain A Tale of Sonora 2011-03-23T02:00:19.250Z "The cavalry are about to take part in the engagement," said the Professor, as the horsemen galloped around and added to the torments of the animal by pricking him with their lances. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z And then, without the slightest pricking of conscience, he betook himself to his beloved lounge. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z "I did not know that," I said, pricking up my ears. The Man Without a Memory 2011-03-09T03:00:45.963Z At the next tapping no bark was excised, but a pricking instrument was used along the previously cut surface. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z Page 290—man amended to men—"... then he chased after the dart men, who vexed him by pricking." The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z When he left the straggling outskirts of Brooklyn and reached the open country the dark had come, deep and velvety, a few bright star points pricking through the cope of the sky. Miss Maitland Private Secretary 2011-03-08T03:00:39.100Z "Yes," said the doctor, pricking up his ears. Sharing Her Crime 2011-03-04T03:00:54.907Z The first three stanzas of the Fairy Queen are dedicated to the description of the Knight that was pricking on the plain. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z As a variant of these two main methods, a slight vogue was for a short while obtained by the operation known as “pricking.” The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z The beast stood some moments in a maze; then he chased after the dart men, who vexed him by pricking. The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt 2011-03-08T03:00:42.177Z La Salle sweated, and his breath came pricking in hot gasps, and a cold thrill trickled along his back when he allowed himself to wonder who the enemy might be. The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec 2011-02-24T03:01:05.143Z The woman remained bent in her cramped position, unconscious of the deadness, of sharp pricking of the limbs, disregarding the wounds in the soles of her feet, where blood trickled forth slowly. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z He then kills a sheep by pricking it through the heart with a long needle. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z As a means for obtaining a flow of latex, pricking may have been effective, but the general difficulties attaching to the collection of the latex was such as to put the method out of favour. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z And if the peelers swabbed their finger with alcohol in between peeling and finger pricking, the readings were still higher than normal. Fruit salad and blood sugar meters don't mix 2011-02-09T19:03:23Z "I must!" whispered Maia, pricking up her ears. 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day 2011-02-09T03:00:49.283Z Another wagtail, but this time yellow, marvellous as a dream, came pricking into view. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z Penny allowed herself to be led away from the dock, but the older girl’s unkind remarks kept pricking her mind. Saboteurs on the River 2011-01-28T03:00:23.967Z In the employment of “paring and pricking,” a thin shaving of bark was excised on one occasion. The Preparation of Plantation Rubber 2011-03-09T03:00:40.870Z And Feo did feel, as she looked about in her new mood, a little shiver of shame and the red-hot needle of repentance pricking her hitherto dormant conscience. The Rustle of Silk 2011-01-27T03:00:44.390Z Perhaps Sybil's courage might have required a little time to tighten it up to the sticking point, but this tale of Lena's was like a sharp goad pricking her forward. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z The tits shot everywhere, pecking in seed, pricking the sunshine with their tiny beaks, darting, flashing. The Promise of Air 2011-02-02T03:00:23.997Z Until then they had been clothed in down; but now the tiny quills came pricking through their skin, and it was not so pleasant to snuggle up to each other as it had once been. Among the Forest People 2011-01-17T03:00:55.113Z A detachment of hussars galloped by, pricking towards the village to cut off the fugitives. The Woman of Mystery 2011-01-15T03:00:36.260Z But Barrett, pricking his ears at this humbleness, was too foolish to understand. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z Because Cousin Albrecht stands there pricking his ears most curiously, and the matter is no affair of his. Quicksands 2011-01-15T03:00:33.213Z The thought of his threat was sharp as the point of a knife, pricking a painful reminder into her breast. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z The slashing now began to be treated with a larger effect and less elaboration, but pricking and punching were still much used for enriching surfaces. Dress design An Account of Costume for Artists & Dressmakers 2011-01-11T03:00:34.680Z "What is that you say?" cried I, pricking up my ears. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z A stinging and pricking lifted her paralysed arms. The Song of Songs 2011-01-01T03:00:25.907Z A second comradeship was formed by two men pricking their names into each other's arms. Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale 2010-12-30T03:00:21.423Z Another woman murdered a serf boy by pricking him with a pen-knife, because he had neglected to take proper care of a rabbit. Comrade Kropotkin 2010-12-26T03:00:20.093Z I feel a distinct 'pricking in my thumbs.' The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z "How say you, Master John?" said my father, pricking up his ears. Tales of the Wonder Club, Volume II 2011-01-03T03:01:05.750Z The Schoolmaster's duelling with McNab had never been more than a laughing matter, a pricking, rapier fashion, in the intervals of card-playing and drinks. The Pioneers 2010-12-20T17:12:11.787Z Only a few stars were pricking the sky, and it was impossible to see very far. The Secret Pact 2010-12-20T17:12:03.907Z Zor’ka had not gone two or three versts when he felt something pricking him behind the collar. Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z He praised their commitment to social justice at home and abroad, he thanked them for their stalwart work in pricking affluent consciences and he urged them to keep up the good work. Gordon Brown's dilemma over development 2010-12-08T10:19:00Z For example, three pieces from Tricia Wright’s “True Value” series are composed of patterns made by pricking hundreds of pinholes into paper. | Westchester: Celebrating Artists Who Keep the Action in Abstraction 2010-05-08T00:56:00Z And every time Madeleine is mentioned or every time there is an image - again, it's just pricking their conscience. UK police 'given up on Madeleine' 2010-04-28T08:34:00Z The chip would control the pumps, adjusting the individual’s insulin and glucagon dosages as needed without the person ever lifting — or pricking — a finger. Insulin Pump and Computer Mated to Regulate Blood Sugar 2010-04-15T14:59:00Z I watch Bennie listen, his eyes closed, his Mohawk like a million antennas pricking up from his head. Jennifer Egan: “Ask Me If I Care.” 2010-03-01T05:00:00Z A Wound is a recent, violent, and bloody Rupture or Solution of the Natural Union of the soft Parts, made by a pricking, cutting, or bruising Instrument. The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. It was as if a weight had been lifted from him—only replacing the weight was a miserable pricking of conscience. The Belovéd Traitor The reality was the marsh, with its fog and its pricking raindrops and its sentinel cedars, its silence and its wings. The Jonathan Papers But an hour since one of our noble knights, pricking hither to tilt for his lady, was beset by a grievous malady. The Valiants of Virginia When people come to me, I feel the pricking of their thorns, and I wallow in gall. Woman When a certain one of a number of horses standing in the same stable was called, all of them responded by pricking their ears, raising their heads, or else turning about. Clever Hans (The horse of Mr. Von Osten): A contribution to experimental animal and human psychology All at once excitement tingled through him, blurring his ideas, just as chloroform sets the blood pricking with thousands of points and edges, while dizzying the brain. Beggars on Horseback A fine rain began to fall, and in the intense silence I could hear the faint pricking of the drops on the stiff marsh stubble. The Jonathan Papers But, though I was much startled, I no longer felt anything of that pricking and gnawing which a little while before, under the Christmas tree, had so sorely beset my bosom. The Wish A Novel So faint that it only whispered at the dim, outer frontiers of hearing, a sound came pricking through the darkness. The Voice of the Pack “Sometime she will get tired of pricking all of her friends, and then everyone will see what a genuine heart of gold she has.” Dolly's College Experiences Sant' Ambrogio is a little city of towers, some twenty of them, varying in height, all clustered together within the circling walls and pricking the sky like a group of tall-stemmed flowers in a garden. Beggars on Horseback A wave of cold started, pricking somewhere in my head, and undulated sinuously through me, down to my feet. The Jonathan Papers His eyelids were pricking unpleasantly, and he went out to find Mrs. Gainsborough. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Michael felt the pricking of the form's ears and blushed hotly. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Still a vague fear kept recurring; a miserable, tiny, pricking doubt—the crumpled what's-its-name in the bed of down, you know—that sort of thing! The Haunted Pajamas Manuel thought none of this consciously; he was only aware of a pricking feeling of interest and attraction, and had he been asked his opinion would have said she seemed a fine, upstanding woman enough. Beggars on Horseback His conscience was pricking him a little on account of his questioning of the child, and now seeing Luisa ready to speak, he would not listen to her, and forbade her to explain. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico You can't be calling up Drake out here where any one can be pricking up his ears. Making Money "Ah!" interrupted Mr. Ticks, pricking up his ears. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories This was obviously Rigden's business, and Moya, pricking an involuntary ear, thought that he might have said so in as many words. The Shadow of a Man I want to say this morning, as pricking the bubble of our own Pharisaism, that from the point of view of reform, the blackest opium spots in China are the spots under British rule.” Drugging a Nation The Story of China and the Opium Curse I have a most mysterious pricking about my left elbow!” The Missioner A secret, is it?" he exclaimed, pricking up his ears; "you'd best tell it me. Carrots: Just a Little Boy Sometimes they get effect enough by pricking the creatures on the shoulder only. Life on the Stage My conscience has been pricking me, and I feel I have been very rude. Hard Pressed "Oh, yes," said Captain Batsby, pricking up his ears, "I saw a good deal of her." Ayala's Angel Such were the two personages who now came "pricking o'er the hill." Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency Ballard recalled, with a singular and quite unaccountable pricking of impatience, that once before, when the conditions were curiously similar, she had purposefully turned the conversation upon Bromley. The King of Arcadia I saw the seed, hard and dry, fall into the furrowed earth and, a few days later, with gentle strength, tiny pale green spears come pricking through the brown. Life on the Stage It might have been four or five hours afterwards, when Frank was roused by a pricking feeling as though some one had stabbed him slightly with a knife. Hair-Breadth Escapes The Adventures of Three Boys in South Africa This was like pricking a bubble, and “Josh’s” chest returned to its normal measure. Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside But Tom not only objected to the pricking, but had his own ideas as to the color and fabric of his quilt. The Shadow The dog lay flat near the window, moving restlessly under the close air, but pricking his ears at every movement that Roddy made, ready to come to him at any instant. The Duchess of Wrexe Her Decline and Death; A Romantic Commentary He was indeed in touch with the flying mare, and, looking through the dimness, he marveled at her long, free swing, the level drive of the croup, and—he saw with astonishment—her pricking ears! The Garden of Eden In this cupboard squatted two tiny Moorish infants, sole occupants of the cupboard, with solemn faces, bending to ply their trade of pricking patterns upon rose-coloured Morocco leather. Bye-Ways She walked on over the cushions of heather, pricking her ankles in the low bushes of gorse. Carnival Without hesitation Agnes plucked the largest bud within her reach, unmindful of the pricking thorns which pierced her flesh, and then hurried on, passing the roses of Wisdom, and many other flowers of great attractiveness. A Modern Wizard At this stage sensation is still intact, and reflex action, by pricking the skin, &c., still takes place. On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote But I daresay my conscience was pricking me in advance over that baboon I was destined to murder. A Veldt Official A Novel of Circumstance At the same moment he was conscious of a slight pricking in the foot. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt No sharp, pricking pang, as of a stab or cut. 'Tween Snow and Fire A Tale of the Last Kafir War A pricking of curiosity made itself felt; since this most obtuse of sisters had noticed nothing between herself and Dane, it would be interesting to see whom she would select as a possible fiancé. Lady Cassandra Why should I walk into the house with my head down, and a million of cold little needles pricking my back, because men and women, and not sheep, were looking at me? International Short Stories American It was accompanied by pyrexia, gastro-enteritis, deep-seated pains in limbs and body, and burning and pricking of the skin. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 7 "Drama" to "Dublin" But the horse has espied it as soon as his rider, and, pricking forward his ears, he picks up his head and steps out with something of an approach to briskness. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt Farrell forced himself to relax, more relieved than alarmed by the painful pricking of returning sensation. The Anglers of Arz “Dear child!” said the Vicar’s wife, and once again she felt the unwonted pricking sensation at the back of her eyes. Lady Cassandra And with the long spears pricking him, he did not resist when the tall Thord plundered him of all he owned except his clothes—and Camar's belt, which was not worth the stealing. Black Amazon of Mars “Give us your gold,” exclaimed the leader furiously, pricking the peddler with his bayonet until the blood followed his pushes in streams. The Spy Condensed for use in schools The sharp pricking of the clusters of spiky thorns met the savage bird full in the head and neck, but chiefly the head, forcing it to shut its eyes. Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion Our horses stood like rocks, merely pricking up their ears a little when a louder smash of a branch than usual was heard. Sporting Scenes amongst the Kaffirs of South Africa They both laughed, but Cassandra was conscious of a pricking of conscience. Lady Cassandra Going up the back stretch Powers took a nice hold on Wintergreen and the great colt just skimmed along pricking his ears. History of the Kentucky Derby, 1875-1921 Sharpers in plenty, roulette tables, dice, three-card trick, pea and thimble, and the pricking in a curled up strap, and every phase of gambling without let or hindrance. Rambling Recollections of Chelsea by an old inhabitant Who has not some peg pricking in his sole? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 95, September 1865 And when they had spoken many words full of heart pricking, the lady said to them: "Do ye know, fathers, what I resolved to do in regard to your affairs?" Women of Early Christianity She recognised the fact, and set her lips, refusing to give way to the choky sensation in her throat, to the pricking at the back of her eyes. Lady Cassandra And besides pricking his pride it will probably add to his silly ideas about us. Dave Dawson at Dunkirk The blind master, whom I have served so long, Grudging to hear that he did hear her say, Made her own weapon do her finger bleed, To feel if pricking were so good in deed. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History I was anon anxious to fly over the hard lumps of earth and pricking straw-blades,—anon, eager to move gently, with deliberate hand upon the brake. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 "Ah, what was that, sir?" asked Mr. Lilburn, pricking up his ears. Elsie at Viamede It’s beyond the hour you asked for—ages beyond—and my nerves are almost pricking their way through my skin. Cleek of Scotland Yard Detective Stories He however tempted her to give up her soul, which she did by pricking her finger and signing her name with her blood. Witch Stories Weaving, card pricking, and drawing are also taught. The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. "Oh," she exclaimed, "something is pricking my throat!" St. Peter's Umbrella In the centre stood their grand mosque, with its two sharp spires pricking holes in the clouds. Memoirs of the Extraordinary Military Career of John Shipp Late a Lieut. in His Majesty's 87th Regiment Her eyes had been fixed dreamily upon Tamalpais, but suddenly they were drawn irresistibly upward by the pricking consciousness of something strange. Ancestors A Novel She did confess, without torture as it would appear; at all events without more than the ordinary torture of “pricking” and sleeplessness always applied to witches. Witch Stories To begin with, his pricking the children with that needle was a thing that I cannot say I liked; and I don't think his knowledge of the sciences amounts to very much, either. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. Only the factory was sending forth its rank odor, its dull uproar, and a cold rain began to fall in fine drops, pricking like needles. Lectures on Russian Literature Pushkin, Gogol, Turgenef, Tolstoy In this business-like way they collected thirty women at the town hall, stripped them, and put them to the pricking test. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 And then as Amy remained up-right, staring intently into the darkness, Ruth was conscious of a curious pricking of the scalp. Peggy Raymond's Vacation or Friendly Terrace Transplanted He was now at Arblaster’s heels, and, suddenly sniffing and pricking his ears, he darted forward and began to bark furiously at the two sham friars. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 8 (of 25) He was yet a hundred yards distant, when his mustang abruptly paused of his own accord, pricking up his ears as if he scented danger. Through Apache Lands You do not use this by dragging it over the glass as you drag a scrub, but by pricking the whole of the surface which you wish to lighten. Stained Glass Work A text-book for students and workers in glass "An old woman" imprisoned, charged with bewitching by making and pricking an image. A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 Call up cutaneous images of: the feel of velvet, a lump of ice, a pencil held against the tip of your nose, a pin pricking your finger. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life The mare sounded another friendly nicker when arranged beside him, and the black, pricking up his ears sharply, turned to her and proceeded to establish his friendship by licking her. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance Nothing particular transpired till twelve o'clock, when, as the people were pricking at the tub for their beef, it was discovered Jack Sutton was missing. Apparitions; or, The Mystery of Ghosts, Hobgoblins, and Haunted Houses Developed He was intellectual enough to enjoy pricking bladders, and so finished a performer that we never tire of watching him at his play. Pot-Boilers The sword of the Pharaoh was pricking his back. Astounding Stories, July, 1931 Rough and smooth, hard and soft, moist and dry, hot and cold, itching, tickling, pricking, stinging, aching are skin sensations; but some of these are almost certainly compounds. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life His stall was thickly bedded with straw, which was comfort indeed, and though he had become accustomed to the pricking of the desert sand, he nestled into the straw with a sigh of satisfaction. Bred of the Desert A Horse and a Romance Presently a sudden and simultaneous pricking of the closely-cropped ears of Juno and Bess proclaim that among the many footsteps outside they have detected the tread of their master. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines Housekeeper and mistress renewed the parts of Martha and Mary; and though with a pricking conscience, Mary reposed on Martha’s strength as on a rock. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston "Eh?" quickly interrupted Quirk, pricking up his ears. Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1. "Jimbo, hold on!" it cried, like a faint, thin, pricking current of sound almost unable to reach him through the seas of distance. Jimbo A Fantasy “We found them in an open road near a bridge―” “A bridge!” interrupted Teddy, pricking up his ears. The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall Or, Great Days in School and Out Disappointed she retreated, only to continue, passing restlessly along the row of cottages and pricking up her ears in the direction of the little windows. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 There should never be any feeling of fatigue, strain, pricking, tightness, aching, or of pain in the throat, nor yet of huskiness after vocal practice. The Mechanism of the Human Voice Seven score of wight yeomen Came pricking on a row, And everych of them a good mantle Of scarlet and of ray, All they came to good Robin To wit what he would say. Fifteenth Century Prose and Verse “Probably,” agreed Uncle Teddy, “unless―” “Unless what?” asked Sahwah, pricking up her ears. The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle The Trail of the Seven Cedars A favourite pastime was to surround their victim with drawn swords, pricking him on every side as he endeavoured to escape. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors There was such a pricking restlessness about him, that he felt as if he could not remain in bed any longer. Absolution “Well, I’m glad I’m not a girl, to sit pricking my fingers, and jabbing needles in and out all day.” Happy Days for Boys and Girls This almost unbalanced me, and only an exaggerated sense of responsibility as nurse and housekeeper kept back the tears that were pricking like ten thousand needles at my eyes. The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography It needs The pricking of a vein to make the heart Beat, and the sluggish rivers flow. Collected Poems Volume Two Laddie and Carlo, who had followed uninvited, came and stood by the boat, pricking up their ears. The Adventure League There are those who think that the precious time of so remarkable a writer, and profound a thinker as George Plechanoff is simply wasted in pricking Anarchist wind-bags. Anarchism and Socialism Perhaps when we are both in our graves, with stones over us like Miss Jane's—only we couldn't afford near such large ones—you'll feel something pricking you.' Two Maiden Aunts He gave her a cold good-morning, and sat in the attitude of a man pricking up his ears as he leaned a little to peer into the ranks of the force ahead. The Rustler of Wind River "Still, I don't like to be selfish," said Dodds, whose conscience appeared to be pricking him. A Tale of the Summer Holidays Each word she uttered in that whimsical tone was like a needle pricking his heart. The Monk of Hambleton The wicked ones, the enemies of the Church, are compared to the thorns, on account of their pricking nature; and therefore their end is like that of thorns, they will be thrown aside like them. Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 The hand came out of the darkness and clamped over my mouth, and I ceased my struggling when I felt a sharp blade pricking at the small of my back. The One and the Many The horses snorted, dilating their nostrils and stretching their necks towards the blood-stained stones; nevertheless, when the donkey, only pricking his ears a little, passed by calmly, they also passed on. In Desert and Wilderness A grenadier offers a little friendly assistance with the bayonet, pricking the old hag in a tender part as if by accident. Orphans of the Storm We went on, ‘Caiaphas’ first, growling and barking and pricking his ears, and I after him, expecting every moment to see a bear loom up in front of us. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896 Vol. I "Eh?" said the woman, pricking up her ears, as it were. Opportunities The real reason of Mrs. Clennam's apparent kindness to Little Dorrit was the pricking of her conscience, which gave her no rest. Tales from Dickens It’s a beastly shame,” said Carnaby, evidently pricking up his ears and with a sudden frown that changed his face. Robinetta Similarly, too, in fairly deep stupor pin pricking may result in flushing, in tears or an increased pulse rate without the patient giving any other evidence of the stimulus being felt. Benign Stupors A Study of a New Manic-Depressive Reaction Type Something was rubbing against his leg, pricking it through his anklets. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 Various tests were made by pricking him with a needle when asleep, but without causing the slightest reflex movement on his part. Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso I could feel the cold sweat pricking my forehead. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 Perhaps we owe to reviewing the metaphorical applications of such terms as 'caustic,' 'mordant,' 'piquant,' etc., in their burning, biting, and pricking senses. Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy The operation occasions great itching and pricking in the skin, and some degree of drowsiness, but evidently abates the serous discharge, and diminishes the eruption. Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air "Indeed—a messenger?" exclaimed Mary Grey, pricking up her ears. Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend He was in the habit of slipping pieces of ice between his clothing and skin, and pricking himself on the chin with a needle for the purpose of inserting hairs in the holes. Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso The pins in her shoes at first acted as spurs, pricking her for many steps, and then crooking and giving way; so that she had the comfort of running slipshod the rest of the way. The Fairchild Family "Ah!" said the Angel, pricking his ears; "you really think there is a chance?" Another Sheaf It is dull work pricking a rhinoceros, even with a rapier. The Island Mystery He glanced sidewise, edging away from the door; then, pricking his mule with his spurs, he galloped madly away, ducking his head at every jump as if he feared a shot. Hidden Water Sometimes he feels pricking or heat, giddiness, somnolence, or a sense of bodily well-being. Criminal Man According to the Classification of Cesare Lombroso By the pricking of my thumbs I know that something better than civilization this way comes. Is civilization a disease? The eager animal under him raised its head, and, pricking its small ears and pulling heavily on the reins, increased its pace to a gallop. The Golden Woman A Story of the Montana Hills "Come to the point," said the goblin, severely, accidentally swinging his pincushion against Bartlemy's legs at the same time, and pricking him most atrociously. Funny Big Socks Being the Fifth Book of the Series The advance guard came pricking in at the same moment. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 There had been hours when she had been safe from him, but she had not known them, and the strain, the constant pricking fear of him, was telling upon her. Olive in Italy Probably he was annoyed at the pricking of the hook. Tales of Fishes "Why, there's something"—again he felt the tender touch of her fingers—"there're a lot of little things—a lot of little things pricking right through the skin!" The Trimming of Goosie When you fill your skins, mix these ingredients to a proper thickness in the blood; boil them twenty minutes, pricking them as they rise with a needle to prevent their bursting. The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. Moreover, I feel, pleasantly pricking through the green fretwork and over the glacis of cut glass, a desire to peer and peep at the man opposite—one's as much as I can manage. Monday or Tuesday In the smoke the officers were seen urging their men, striking them with their sword hilts, and even pricking them with the points. The Siege of Boston The pin pricking is continued until the obnoxious one expires amid awful tortures and, while all contributed to the murder, none can be hanged for it. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess Knowing 57 Barnabas’ disapproval of fighting, and with his mother’s parting admonition pricking his conscience, he went into battle reluctantly and half-heartedly, so the fight was not prolonged, and Jud’s victory came easily. David Dunne A Romance of the Middle West Then pricking up his ears again at the end of his soliloquy, he listened and laughed aloud. The Trail of a Sourdough Life in Alaska For aught they showed there might have been a dozen eyes behind them leering in; the points of a dozen weapons pricking through; the muzzles of a dozen revolvers ready to bark death. The Web of the Golden Spider Tie up in links only half filled, and boil in a large kettle, pricking them as they swell, or they will burst. The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families By the pricking in my thumbs, I feel he'll come this afternoon! The Lightning Conductor Discovers America This is done by pricking through the design to transfer their shape onto the paper. Boys' Book of Model Boats Voice and eyes, movements and manner became hateful to her; she longed for an opportunity of upsetting his precarious composure, of pricking his conceit and hurting him. The Education of Eric Lane At length the cat touched him on the shoulder, her claws pricking him so that he sprang up in a hurry. Prince Vance The Story of a Prince with a Court in His Box Silently the rats gathered, scurrying in on noiseless paws, stealing into the chairs, swarming about the doorways, pricking up their ears in the corridors. Ghetto Comedies He, poor dog, stood in the wide hall gazing wistfully at the knob, and pricking up his ears whenever sounds of movement in the room aroused his hope of being admitted. Donald and Dorothy ‘By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.’ Dorothy's House Party I could not see his face, but I did note the bright eyes and pricking ears of a noble gray horse standing just behind his master and champing his bit with impatience. A Son of the Middle Border On entering the captain's room Frank found the latter busied in "pricking out" the ship's course on the chart, and was thus able to survey him at leisure. Harper's Young People, April 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly At length he succeeded in pricking Robin on the cheek. Robin Hood It was essential to await a favorable opportunity, and this came when Gus knelt before him for the purpose of pricking the apparently helpless boy with the blade of his knife. Down the Slope "Deer?" echoed the lad, pricking up his ears at once. The Young Surveyor; or Jack on the Prairies If too hard, it yields a harsh note, and must be reduced to the right degree by pricking with a needle. How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use Then was there an opening of eyes and a pricking of ears of all the rest of the company. Say and Seal, Volume II In spite of himself, Kane felt a pricking in his cheeks, a creeping of the skin under his hair. Kings in Exile He looked, Daoud thought, like a thoroughbred steed pricking up his ears to a trumpet call. The Saracen: Land of the Infidel Either bake between crust in the common way, or bake crust crisp after pricking well, and spread with the preserved fruit. Dishes & Beverages of the Old South Don’t take out those pins, my dear: what is the good of taking so much pains with a fat old thing like me and pricking your pretty fingers? Not Like Other Girls And to Ranny's amazement, with the touch, a queer little pricking pang went through his breast, as if a thin blood vessel had suddenly burst there. The Combined Maze Now, in his rage, he forgot discretion under the pricking of lawless impulse. Heart of the Blue Ridge He felt no constant, pricking incitement to do his best; but was content to do fairly well, as well as was necessary for the immediate occasion. Ulysses S. Grant Also beaten biscuit can be closely imitated by making good puff paste, rolling, cutting out, pricking and baking—but rather more quickly than the real thing. Dishes & Beverages of the Old South She passed the night restlessly, walking up at all sorts of untimely hours, her conscience pricking her into wakefulness. Not Like Other Girls And it was then that Ransome felt the first pricking of that sense of tenderness and absurdity. The Combined Maze But his cheeks were pricking him, and the garden danced before his eyes. Too Old for Dolls A Novel A simple sifter may be made by pricking holes in the bottom of a pasteboard pill-box with a pin. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity Leslie was gone now, and Norma free from pricking reminders of her supremacy, and as old friends of Mrs. Melrose began to include her in the summer's merrymaking, she had some happy times. The Beloved Woman Thaddeus, eagerly pricking up his ears, devoured the bitter words and digested them in his soul. Pan Tadeusz Or, the Last Foray in Lithuania; a Story of Life Among Polish Gentlefolk in the Years 1811 and 1812 “When we should be pointing our spears all against the enemy, we are bent on pricking of each other!” Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution And here are thousands of miserable women pricking back death and dishonor with a little needle; and now the sly hand of science is stealing that little needle away. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Sifters may be made by pricking holes in an envelope. How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity About five days after pricking out and again about five days before the plants are to go into the field and five days after they are set, they should be sprayed with Bordeaux mixture. Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato “We shall have the enemy behind us, stirring us up, and we shan’t be able to get on without pricking up the mules and camels.” Fix Bay'nets The Regiment in the Hills Come out,” he continued, apostrophising the wick he was pricking at. The Kopje Garrison A Story of the Boer War "I could see them pricking up their ears and looking at each other," went on the Mole; "and the Sergeant said to them, 'Never mind her; she doesn't know what she's talking about.'" The Wind in the Willows As soon as he had finished pricking this treasonable communication into the patient's skin, he carefully enveloped the head in bandages, which, he said, must on no account be disturbed. Darius the Great Makers of History Seedlings can be most easily started and grown, at least up to the time of pricking out, in light, well-ventilated greenhouses, and many large growers have them for this specific purpose. Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato All accidents, such as spilling infected material, cutting or pricking the fingers, must be at once reported to the bacteriologist in charge. The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. He may be beyond pursuit, yet—he and the galley are both of this world; things temporal only keep them apart, and if the master came pricking, with a whip in his belt…. Anthony Lyveden And instead of having an uneasy conscience pricking him and whispering "whitewash!" he somehow could only feel how jolly it was to be the only idle dog among all these busy citizens. The Wind in the Willows And when a diarrhœa occurs with pale skin and cold extremities, the pricking of the points of a flannel shirt, worn next the skin, occasions universal warmth of it, and checks or cures the diarrhœa. Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life It is very important that this pricking out should be done when the plants are young and small, though many successful growers wait until they are larger. Tomato Culture: A Practical Treatise on the Tomato Down in the valley the pine trees reared their heads—little spear points pricking the purple blackness of the night. Virginia of Elk Creek Valley She leaned her head over into the street; then, with a miraculous lightness and address, jumped on to the window-sill, pricking up her long-ears, and raising one of her paws. The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental And I who trembled at a scorpion, who wept at the pricking of a thorn, I am all joy at the thought of dying soon. Woman on Her Own, False Gods and The Red Robe Three Plays By Brieux And yet while so maliciously introducing, with laconic Voltairian gibes, the wanton pricking of human sensuality, he never forgets the church. Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations We all got in, and off set the Maid, who was in excellent heart, quite gay, pricking her ears and casting up her head, and rattling away at a great pace. Spare Hours Similarly it is the possibility of certain sensations of resistance, softness, moisture, pricking if we attempt to grasp it, of a certain fragrance if we breathe in the air. The Beautiful An Introduction to Psychological Aesthetics "Of your college? let me see;" and she looked away across to the bar window, pricking her needle into the table. Tom Brown at Oxford They might also be outlined more deeply by sharply pricking in dots along the lines of the desired letters. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages Bring corners of the dough to the top of the apples and seal by pricking with a fork. Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking He watched the tramp hobbling painfully into the distance, and in his pale blue eyes came that pricking which is of tears. A Sheaf of Corn "A present?" repeated Plunger, pricking up his ears. The Hero of Garside School Among the more prominent symptoms were intense pruritus, transient flushing and heat of the entire surface, with pricking sensations and headache. The Electric Bath "If he has given up the old spiritual standards, what has he in place of them?" asked Mrs. Pendleton, and she had suddenly a queer feeling as if little fine needles were pricking her skin. Virginia "Nay; I found the thorns and briars pricking my hands and legs." The Witch of Salem or Credulity Run Mad "You have!" exclaimed Sam, pricking up his ears. Sam's Chance And How He Improved It Suddenly the dog jumped up, pricking up his ears, and ran out to meet us, while l'Encuerado raised over his head a burning branch to throw a light upon our path. Adventures of a Young Naturalist They did not have a car, but drove an old white horse named Charlie, who was always pricking up his ears at you, hoping you would give him an apple. Frank of Freedom Hill His pale face had suddenly flushed scarlet, and he felt a pricking as of needles in his body. Tongues of Conscience And at the memory of his voice she felt a little pricking, wounding pain under her eyelids, the birth-pang of unwilling tears. The Creators A Comedy "What was that you said?" asked Martin, pricking up his ears. Rufus and Rose Or, The Fortunes of Rough and Ready I noticed that Gringalet, instead of gambolling round us as he generally did, remained behind, pricking up his ears, and appearing excessively knowing. Adventures of a Young Naturalist |
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