Definition of pierce

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Pierce (v. t.) To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument..

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Ovipositor :: Ovipositor (n.) The organ with which many insects and some other animals deposit their eggs. Some ichneumon files have a long ovipositor fitted to pierce the eggs or larvae of other insects, in order to lay their own eggs within the same..
Enfilade :: Enfilade (v. t.) To pierce, scour, or rake with shot in the direction of the length of, as a work, or a line of troops..
Piercer :: Piercer (n.) The ovipositor, or sting, of an insect..
Break :: Break (v. t.) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares..
Pierce :: Pierce (v. t.) To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument..
Bore :: Bore (v. i.) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns; as, this timber does not bore well, or is hard to bore..
Pink :: Pink (v. t.) To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth or paper, in small scallops or angles..
Broach :: Broach (n.) To spit; to pierce as with a spit.
Dormer Window :: Dormer window (n.) A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or houselike structure, in which it is contained..
Impenetrable :: Impenetrable (a.) Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; not to be entered; impervious; as, an impenetrable shield..
Piercel :: Piercel (n.) A kind of gimlet for making vents in casks; -- called also piercer.
Poach :: Poach (v. t.) To stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish..
Javelin :: Javelin (v. t.) To pierce with a javelin.
Point :: Point (n.) That which pricks or pierces; the sharp end of anything, esp. the sharp end of a piercing instrument, as a needle or a pin..
Tunicata :: Tunicata (n. pl.) A grand division of the animal kingdom, intermediate, in some respects, between the invertebrates and vertebrates, and by some writers united with the latter. They were formerly classed with acephalous mollusks. The body is usually covered with a firm external tunic, consisting in part of cellulose, and having two openings, one for the entrance and one for the exit of water. The pharynx is usually dilated in the form of a sac, pierced by several series of ciliated slits, and se
Pierced :: Pierced (imp. & p. p.) of Pierc.
Stab :: Stab (v. i.) To give a wound with a pointed weapon; to pierce; to thrust with a pointed weapon.
Thrill :: Thrill (v. i.) To pierce, as something sharp; to penetrate; especially, to cause a tingling sensation that runs through the system with a slight shivering; as, a sharp sound thrills through the whole frame..
Lanciname :: Lanciname (v. t.) To tear; to lacerate; to pierce or stab.
Dartle :: Dartle (v. t. & i.) To pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly: -- frequentative of dart.
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