(a) The act of piercing or pricking; (b) ~ of nailes, ?making points on or sharpening the ends of nails; (c) the ~ of a prikes end, a small point, tiny space; (d) making proper pauses in reading a text, punctuating; (e) filling in or renewing the mortar in the joints between tiles, slates, etc.; filling in cracks; (f) the footprint or track of an animal; (g) ?the process of attaching pieces of thread lace used as a fringe or border; ?stitching, sewing.

(a) An arrangement in note form; (b) an inclination.