| brick | noun (n.) A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp. |
| | noun (n.) Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick. |
| | noun (n.) Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a penny brick (of bread). |
| | noun (n.) A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick. |
| | verb (v. t.) To lay or pave with bricks; to surround, line, or construct with bricks. |
| | verb (v. t.) To imitate or counterfeit a brick wall on, as by smearing plaster with red ocher, making the joints with an edge tool, and pointing them. |
| prick | noun (n.) To pierce slightly with a sharp-pointed instrument or substance; to make a puncture in, or to make by puncturing; to drive a fine point into; as, to prick one with a pin, needle, etc.; to prick a card; to prick holes in paper. |
| | noun (n.) To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board. |
| | noun (n.) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off. |
| | noun (n.) To mark the outline of by puncturing; to trace or form by pricking; to mark by punctured dots; as, to prick a pattern for embroidery; to prick the notes of a musical composition. |
| | noun (n.) To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off. |
| | noun (n.) To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse. |
| | noun (n.) To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; -- said especially of the ears of an animal, as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up; -- hence, to prick up the ears, to listen sharply; to have the attention and interest strongly engaged. |
| | noun (n.) To render acid or pungent. |
| | noun (n.) To dress; to prink; -- usually with up. |
| | noun (n.) To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail. |
| | noun (n.) To trace on a chart, as a ship's course. |
| | noun (n.) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness. |
| | noun (n.) To nick. |
| | verb (v.) That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer. |
| | verb (v.) The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse. |
| | verb (v.) A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point. |
| | verb (v.) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour. |
| | verb (v.) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin. |
| | verb (v.) A mark denoting degree; degree; pitch. |
| | verb (v.) A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid. |
| | verb (v.) The footprint of a hare. |
| | verb (v.) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco. |
| | verb (v. i.) To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks. |
| | verb (v. i.) To spur onward; to ride on horseback. |
| | verb (v. i.) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine. |
| | verb (v. i.) To aim at a point or mark. |
| trick | adjective (a.) An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade. |
| | adjective (a.) A sly, dexterous, or ingenious procedure fitted to puzzle or amuse; as, a bear's tricks; a juggler's tricks. |
| | adjective (a.) Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank; as, the tricks of boys. |
| | adjective (a.) A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait; as, a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning. |
| | adjective (a.) A knot, braid, or plait of hair. |
| | adjective (a.) The whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players. |
| | adjective (a.) A turn; specifically, the spell of a sailor at the helm, -- usually two hours. |
| | adjective (a.) A toy; a trifle; a plaything. |
| | verb (v. t.) To deceive by cunning or artifice; to impose on; to defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a horse. |
| | verb (v. t.) To dress; to decorate; to set off; to adorn fantastically; -- often followed by up, off, or out. |
| | verb (v. t.) To draw in outline, as with a pen; to delineate or distinguish without color, as arms, etc., in heraldry. |
| click | noun (n.) A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol. |
| | noun (n.) A kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of the tongue from a part of the mouth with which it is in contact, whereby a sharp, clicking sound is produced. The sounds are four in number, and are called cerebral, palatal, dental, and lateral clicks or clucks, the latter being the noise ordinarily used in urging a horse forward. |
| | noun (n.) A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel. |
| | noun (n.) The latch of a door. |
| | verb (v. i.) To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick. |
| | verb (v. t.) To move with the sound of a click. |
| | verb (v. t.) To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something. |
| | verb (v. t.) To snatch. |
| kick | noun (n.) A blow with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust with the foot. |
| | noun (n.) The projection on the tang of the blade of a pocket knife, which prevents the edge of the blade from striking the spring. See Illust. of Pocketknife. |
| | noun (n.) A projection in a mold, to form a depression in the surface of the brick. |
| | noun (n.) The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged. |
| | verb (v. t.) To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog. |
| | verb (v. i.) To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. Hence, figuratively: To show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to spurn. |
| | verb (v. i.) To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc. |
| lick | noun (n.) A slap; a quick stroke. |
| | verb (v. t.) To draw or pass the tongue over; as, a dog licks his master's hand. |
| | verb (v. t.) To lap; to take in with the tongue; as, a dog or cat licks milk. |
| | verb (v.) A stroke of the tongue in licking. |
| | verb (v.) A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue, or of something which acts like a tongue; as, to put on colors with a lick of the brush. Also, a small quantity of any substance so applied. |
| | verb (v.) A place where salt is found on the surface of the earth, to which wild animals resort to lick it up; -- often, but not always, near salt springs. |
| | verb (v. t.) To strike with repeated blows for punishment; to flog; to whip or conquer, as in a pugilistic encounter. |
| nick | noun (n.) An evil spirit of the waters. |
| | noun (n.) A notch cut into something |
| | noun (n.) A score for keeping an account; a reckoning. |
| | noun (n.) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution. |
| | noun (n.) A broken or indented place in any edge or surface; nicks in china. |
| | noun (n.) A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment. |
| | verb (v. t.) To make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc. |
| | verb (v. t.) To mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or notches in. |
| | verb (v. t.) To suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with. |
| | verb (v. t.) To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time. |
| | verb (v. t.) To make a cross cut or cuts on the under side of (the tail of a horse, in order to make him carry ir higher). |
| | verb (v. t.) To nickname; to style. |
| quick | noun (n.) That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge. |
| | noun (n.) The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick, to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively. |
| | noun (n.) Quitch grass. |
| | noun (n.) That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge. |
| | noun (n.) The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick, to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively. |
| | noun (n.) Quitch grass. |
| | superlative (superl.) Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate. |
| | superlative (superl.) Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready. |
| | superlative (superl.) Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick. |
| | superlative (superl.) Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper. |
| | superlative (superl.) Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen. |
| | superlative (superl.) Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear. |
| | superlative (superl.) Pregnant; with child. |
| | superlative (superl.) Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate. |
| | superlative (superl.) Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready. |
| | superlative (superl.) Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick. |
| | superlative (superl.) Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper. |
| | superlative (superl.) Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen. |
| | superlative (superl.) Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear. |
| | superlative (superl.) Pregnant; with child. |
| | adverb (adv.) In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick. |
| | verb (v. t. & i.) To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive. |
| | adverb (adv.) In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick. |
| | verb (v. t. & i.) To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive. |
| pick | noun (n.) A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock. |
| | noun (n.) A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones. |
| | noun (n.) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler. |
| | noun (n.) Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick. |
| | noun (n.) That which would be picked or chosen first; the best; as, the pick of the flock. |
| | noun (n.) A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet. |
| | noun (n.) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture. |
| | noun (n.) The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch. |
| | verb (v.) To throw; to pitch. |
| | verb (v.) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin. |
| | verb (v.) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc. |
| | verb (v.) To open (a lock) as by a wire. |
| | verb (v.) To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from a fowl, etc. |
| | verb (v.) To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket. |
| | verb (v.) To choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable; to cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way; -- often with out. |
| | verb (v.) To take up; esp., to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together; as, to pick rags; -- often with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to pick up information. |
| | verb (v.) To trim. |
| | verb (v. i.) To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble. |
| | verb (v. i.) To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care. |
| | verb (v. i.) To steal; to pilfer. |
| jack | noun (n.) A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves entire. The fruit is of great size, weighing from thirty to forty pounds, and through its soft fibrous matter are scattered the seeds, which are roasted and eaten. The wood is of a yellow color, fine grain, and rather heavy, and is much used in cabinetwork. It is also used for dyeing a brilliant yellow. |
| | noun (n.) A familiar nickname of, or substitute for, John. |
| | noun (n.) An impertinent or silly fellow; a simpleton; a boor; a clown; also, a servant; a rustic. |
| | noun (n.) A popular colloquial name for a sailor; -- called also Jack tar, and Jack afloat. |
| | noun (n.) A mechanical contrivance, an auxiliary machine, or a subordinate part of a machine, rendering convenient service, and often supplying the place of a boy or attendant who was commonly called Jack |
| | noun (n.) A device to pull off boots. |
| | noun (n.) A sawhorse or sawbuck. |
| | noun (n.) A machine or contrivance for turning a spit; a smoke jack, or kitchen jack. |
| | noun (n.) A wooden wedge for separating rocks rent by blasting. |
| | noun (n.) A lever for depressing the sinkers which push the loops down on the needles. |
| | noun (n.) A grating to separate and guide the threads; a heck box. |
| | noun (n.) A machine for twisting the sliver as it leaves the carding machine. |
| | noun (n.) A compact, portable machine for planing metal. |
| | noun (n.) A machine for slicking or pebbling leather. |
| | noun (n.) A system of gearing driven by a horse power, for multiplying speed. |
| | noun (n.) A hood or other device placed over a chimney or vent pipe, to prevent a back draught. |
| | noun (n.) In the harpsichord, an intermediate piece communicating the action of the key to the quill; -- called also hopper. |
| | noun (n.) In hunting, the pan or frame holding the fuel of the torch used to attract game at night; also, the light itself. |
| | noun (n.) A portable machine variously constructed, for exerting great pressure, or lifting or moving a heavy body through a small distance. It consists of a lever, screw, rack and pinion, hydraulic press, or any simple combination of mechanical powers, working in a compact pedestal or support and operated by a lever, crank, capstan bar, etc. The name is often given to a jackscrew, which is a kind of jack. |
| | noun (n.) The small bowl used as a mark in the game of bowls. |
| | noun (n.) The male of certain animals, as of the ass. |
| | noun (n.) A young pike; a pickerel. |
| | noun (n.) The jurel. |
| | noun (n.) A large, California rock fish (Sebastodes paucispinus); -- called also boccaccio, and merou. |
| | noun (n.) The wall-eyed pike. |
| | noun (n.) A drinking measure holding half a pint; also, one holding a quarter of a pint. |
| | noun (n.) A flag, containing only the union, without the fly, usually hoisted on a jack staff at the bowsprit cap; -- called also union jack. The American jack is a small blue flag, with a star for each State. |
| | noun (n.) A bar of iron athwart ships at a topgallant masthead, to support a royal mast, and give spread to the royal shrouds; -- called also jack crosstree. |
| | noun (n.) The knave of a suit of playing cards. |
| | noun (n.) A coarse and cheap mediaeval coat of defense, esp. one made of leather. |
| | noun (n.) A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack. |
| | verb (v. i.) To hunt game at night by means of a jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4, n. |
| | verb (v. t.) To move or lift, as a house, by means of a jack or jacks. See 2d Jack, n., 5. |
