Definition of pierce

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

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Thrust :: Thrust (v. t.) To stab; to pierce; -- usually with through.
Ungored :: Ungored (a.) Not gored or pierced.
Through :: Through (adv.) From one end or side to the other; as, to pierce a thing through..
Indart :: Indart (v. t.) To pierce, as with a dart..
Empierce :: Empierce (v. t.) To pierce; to impierce.
Tap :: Tap (v. t.) To pierce so as to let out, or draw off, a fluid; as, to tap a cask, a tree, a tumor, etc..
Buckle :: Buckle (n.) A device, usually of metal, consisting of a frame with one more movable tongues or catches, used for fastening things together, as parts of dress or harness, by means of a strap passing through the frame and pierced by the tongue..
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..
Paunch :: Paunch (v. t.) To pierce or rip the belly of; to eviscerate; to disembowel.
Bore :: Bore (v. t.) To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round hole in or through; to pierce; as, to bore a plank..
Mullet :: Mullet (n.) A star, usually five pointed and pierced; -- when used as a difference it indicates the third son..
Sap :: Sap (v. t.) To pierce with saps.
Stake-driver :: Stake (v. t.) To pierce or wound with a stake.
Steel :: Steik (v. t.) To pierce with a sharp instrument; hence, to stitch; to sew; also, to fix; to fasten..
Openwork :: Openwork (n.) Anything so constructed or manufactured (in needlework, carpentry, metal work, etc.) as to show openings through its substance; work that is perforated or pierced..
Penetrate :: Penetrate (v. t.) To enter into; to make way into the interior of; to effect an entrance into; to pierce; as, light penetrates darkness..
Enpierce :: Enpierce (v. t.) To pierce.
Penetrate :: Penetrate (v. i.) To pass; to make way; to pierce. Also used figuratively.
Antefix :: Antefix (n.) An ornament of the cymatium of a classic cornice, sometimes pierced for the escape of water..
Enfiled :: Enfiled (p. a.) Having some object, as the head of a man or beast, impaled upon it; as, a sword which is said to be enfiled of the thing which it pierces..
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