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Definition of pierce

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Pierce (v. i.) To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally and figuratively..

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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..

Spear :: Spear (v. t.) To pierce with a spear; to kill with a spear; as, to spear a fish..

Poniard :: Poniard (v. t.) To pierce with a poniard; to stab.

Reach :: Reach (v. t.) Hence, to extend an action, effort, or influence to; to penetrate to; to pierce, or cut, as far as..

Gore :: Gore (v. t.) To pierce or wound, as with a horn; to penetrate with a pointed instrument, as a spear; to stab..

Spitted :: Spitted (a.) Put upon a spit; pierced as if by a spit.

Attame :: Attame (v. t.) To pierce; to attack.

Piercel :: Piercel (n.) A kind of gimlet for making vents in casks; -- called also piercer.

Dart :: Dart (n.) Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.

Lancinating :: Lancinating (a.) Piercing; seeming to pierce or stab; as, lancinating pains (i.e., severe, darting pains)..

Thurl :: Thurl (v. t.) To cut through; to pierce.

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..

Perforative :: Perforative (a.) Having power to perforate or pierce.

Dip :: Dip (v. i.) To pierce; to penetrate; -- followed by in or into.

Enthrill :: Enthrill (v. t.) To pierce; to thrill.

Pick :: Pick (v.) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin..

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..

Ungored :: Ungored (a.) Not gored or pierced.

Impale :: Impale (v. t.) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale.

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..