Definition of piercing

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Piercing (a.) Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point; perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively; as, a piercing instrument, or thrust..

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Penetration :: Penetration (n.) The act or process of penetrating, piercing, or entering; also, the act of mentally penetrating into, or comprehending, anything difficult..
Urchin :: Urchin (a.) Rough; pricking; piercing.
Piccolo :: Piccolo (n.) An organ stop, with a high, piercing tone..
Blizzard :: Blizzard (n.) A gale of piercingly cold wind, usually accompanied with fine and blinding snow; a furious blast..
Sharp :: Sharp (superl.) Affecting the sense as if pointed or cutting, keen, penetrating, acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as ammonia has a sharp taste and odor; to the hearing, piercing, shrill, as a sharp sound or voice; to the eye, instantaneously brilliant, dazzling, as a sharp flash..
Terebrating :: Terebrating (a.) Boring; piercing; -- applied to certain kinds of pain, especially to those of locomotor ataxia..
Subtile :: Subtile (a.) Acute; piercing; searching.
Stick :: Stick (n.) To fasten, attach, or cause to remain, by thrusting in; hence, also, to adorn or deck with things fastened on as by piercing; as, to stick a pin on the sleeve..
Perforation :: Perforation (n.) A hole made by boring or piercing; an aperture.
Piercing :: Piercing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pierc.
Ram :: Ram (n.) A heavy steel or iron beak attached to the prow of a steam war vessel for piercing or cutting down the vessel of an enemy; also, a vessel carrying such a beak..
Birdbolt :: Birdbolt (n.) A short blunt arrow for killing birds without piercing them.
Sharpen :: Sharpen (a.) To render more shrill or piercing.
Eyeleteer :: Eyeleteer (n.) A small, sharp-pointed instrument used in piercing eyelet holes; a stiletto..
Perforation :: Perforation (n.) The act of perforating, or of boring or piercing through..
Sting :: Sting (v. t.) Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains..
Persant :: Persant (a.) Piercing.
Fork :: Fork (n.) An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything..
Bodkin :: Bodkin (n.) An implement of steel, bone, ivory, etc., with a sharp point, for making holes by piercing; a /tiletto; an eyeleteer..
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