the world > the supernatural > the occult > sorcery, witchcraft, or magic > sorcerer or magician > witch > [verb (intransitive)] > detect by pricking (2)
transitive. To stick pins in the skin of (a suspected witch) to see if a spot could be discovered which did not bleed. Scottish. Now historical. Cf…
intransitive. Chiefly figurative. to prick for: to try, choose, or decide on something (cf. sense 21); to prick for a soft plank (Nautical): to…