A point marking a stage in progression; a degree, a pitch. the prick: the height, highest point, acme. Obsolete (archaic and rare in later use).

A step or stage in intensity or amount; the relative intensity, extent, measure, or amount of a quality, attribute, or action.

A degree, step, or grade in intensity or amount; = degree, n. 6. Obsolete.

Size, extent (without the implication of great magnitude).

Degree, level, or extent of action, feeling, etc. Obsolete.

Magnitude, extent, rate, amount, etc., as a standard of immaterial things. Also in phrases (see later quots.).

The comparative degree or intensity of any quality or attribute; a point or position on an ideal or abstract scale; elevation, stage, status, level.

Extended figurative uses. A degree or pitch; a step, a level. See also to take a person down a pin: phrases 1b. Obsolete.

Measured or prescribed size, dimensions, or calibre. of immaterial things. In the 17th cent. often, the measure or degree of (a person's) capacity…

Degree, esp. notable degree, of some quality, etc.; intensity, depth, strength, force. Often contrasted with extension in sense of width of range.

Measure, extent (of things immaterial). Obsolete.

Size, extent, magnitude, scale, esp. in relation to some standard; relative or comparative size. Also figurative: extent, degree.

Degree of progress or advance. Obsolete. rare.

‘Space or degree to which anything is extended’ (Johnson). Phrases: to a certain, great,etc., extent, to the (full) extent of. Hence: the limit to…

The degree or amount of some quality, condition, etc.; force, strength, energy; degree of some characteristic quality, as brightness, etc.; esp. in Ph…

A position (on a real or imaginary scale) in respect of amount, intensity, extent, or the like; the relative amount or intensity of any property…