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Prod
Prod
,Noun.
[Cf. Gael. & Ir.
brod
goad, prickle, sting, and E. brad
, also W. procio
to poke, thrust.] 1.
A pointed instrument for pricking or puncturing, as a goad, an awl, a skewer, etc.
2.
A prick or stab which a pointed instrument.
3.
A light kind of crossbow; – in the sense, often spelled prodd.
Fairholt.
Prod
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Prodded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Prodding
.] To thrust some pointed instrument into; to prick with something sharp;
as, to
; hence, to goad, to incite, to worry; prod
a soldier with a bayonet; to prod
oxenas, to
. prod
a studentH. Taylor.