Prick'ing, n.
n. 1. The act of piercing with a sharp point.
Sense 2. (Far.) (a.) The driving of a nail into a horse’s foot so as to produce lameness. (b.) The same as NICKING. Gardner.
Sense 3. A sensation of sharp pain, or of being pricked.
By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes. Shak.
Sense 4. The mark or trace left by a hare’s foot; a prick; also, the tracing the path of a hare by the footmarks left by it. Topsell.