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the tingle that arrives just before your skin admits it's afraid.
means A prickle is a small sharp point on a plant or animal, or the tingling, stinging sensation of many such tiny pricks on the skin.
from From Old English 'pricel,' a little instrument for pricking — itself built from 'prician,' to pierce or puncture. The same root gives us 'prick' and stands beside Dutch 'prikkel' and Low German 'prickel,' all describing small jabbing things. The bodily sense — that creeping tingle 'pricking' the skin — grew naturally from the picture of countless tiny needles, the way a thornbush or a cold sweat makes the flesh feel stippled with points.
collective nouna group of porcupines is called a prickle
hair physicsgoosebumps raise hairs via tiny arrector pili muscles
plant tricktrue prickles grow from skin, unlike anchored thorns
pins and needlescaused by pressured nerves, not poor blood flow
word agederives from Old English pricel, meaning sharp point