"pricking-up" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "langcode": "en",
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          "orig": "en:Architecture",
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        {
          "ref": "1826, Joseph Gwilt, Rudiments of Architecture",
          "text": "the First Coat, in plastering of two coat work, is denominated laying when on lath, and rendering when on brick; in three coat work upon lath it is denominated pricking up, and upon brick roughing in",
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      "glosses": [
        "The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths; a scratch coat. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the next coat."
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          "architecture",
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          "plaster",
          "plaster"
        ],
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          "coat",
          "coat"
        ],
        [
          "lath",
          "lath"
        ],
        [
          "scratch coat",
          "scratch coat"
        ],
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          "key",
          "key"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(architecture) The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths; a scratch coat. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the next coat."
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        "uncountable"
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      "topics": [
        "architecture"
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  "word": "pricking-up"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths; a scratch coat. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the next coat."
      ],
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        [
          "architecture",
          "architecture"
        ],
        [
          "plaster",
          "plaster"
        ],
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          "coat",
          "coat"
        ],
        [
          "lath",
          "lath"
        ],
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          "scratch coat",
          "scratch coat"
        ],
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          "key",
          "key"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(architecture) The first coating of plaster in work of three coats upon laths; a scratch coat. Its surface is scratched once to form a better key for the next coat."
      ],
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        "uncountable"
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      "topics": [
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  "word": "pricking-up"
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