- (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Pierce.
- (a.) Forcibly entering or adapted to enter, at or by a point; perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively; as, a piercing instrument or thrust.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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