Prick·ling a. Prickly. [Obs.]
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  prickling
       adj : causing or experiencing a painful shivering feeling as from
             many tiny pricks; "a prickling blush of embarrassment";
             "the tingling feeling in a foot that has gone to
             sleep"; "a stinging nettle"; "the stinging windblown
             sleet" [syn: stinging, tingling]
       n : a prickling somatic sensation as from many tiny pricks [syn:
            tingle, tingling]