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ˈprick-mark
[f. prick n. 10 + mark n.1]
†1. Archery. The mark aimed at; the bull's-eye; hence fig., an end, aim, object. Obs. rare.
1556Withals Dict. (1566) 64 a/2 The pricke markes, dicuntur destinata. 1563Burgh Rec. Edinb. (1875) III. 168 Within the said space..salbe maid dry buttis and prik merkis. 1588A. King tr. Canisius' Catech. 29 Baith ye beginning and prikmark of our wil, and of al our doings.
2. A mark made by pricking, a prick on a surface.
1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 206 With the points of your Compasses..describe a Circle.., by placing one Foot in the prick-mark, and turning about the other Foot. 1875T. Seaton Fret Cutting 144 Pick out lightly the whole pattern. A single line of prickmarks will suffice for the stems. |