Prickling \Prick"ling\, a. Prickly. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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}]