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Pierced   /pɪrst/   Listen
Pierced

adjective
1.
Having a hole cut through.  Synonyms: perforate, perforated, punctured.  "A perforated eardrum" , "A punctured balloon"


Pierce

verb
(past & past part. pierced; pres. part. piercing)
1.
Cut or make a way through.  "The path pierced the jungle" , "Light pierced through the forest"
2.
Move or affect (a person's emotions or bodily feelings) deeply or sharply.  "Her words pierced the students"
3.
Sound sharply or shrilly.
4.
Penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument.  Synonym: thrust.
5.
Make a hole into.



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"Pierced" Quotes from Famous Books



... and crevice of the plate and mail, or grappling with the men-at-arms, strove to pull them from their horses by main force, or beat them down with their bills and Welsh hooks. And wo betide those who were by these various means dismounted, for the long sharp knives worn by the Welsh, soon pierced them with a hundred wounds, and were then only merciful when the first inflicted ...
— The Betrothed • Sir Walter Scott
... to poise his hatchet for a cast at the prisoner. The Reverend Silas Pennypacker would have seen his last sun that day had not Henry noticed the movement and quickly fired his pistol at the uplifted hand. The bullet pierced the Indian's palm, the tomahawk was dashed from his hand, and with a howl of pain he sped after the others who were flying for ...
— The Border Watch - A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand • Joseph A. Altsheler
... ornament, they fix in their heads feathers, or combs of bone, or wood, adorned with pearl shell, or the thin inner skin of some leaf. And in the ears, both of men and women, which are pierced, or rather slit, are hung small pieces of jasper, bits of cloth, or beads when they can get them. A few also have the septum of the nose bored in its lower part; but no ornament was worn there that we saw; ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 15 (of 18) • Robert Kerr
... in a passion; and at that moment her face, with her knitted eyebrows, became like that of a mythical Fury. "Try it,"—with these words dashing the knife down into the table, which it pierced to ...
— Debts of Honor • Maurus Jokai
... and saw the most beautiful young creature, so he thought, that mortal eye had ever gazed upon, and according to his wont fell instantly over head and ears in love. He said afterwards that he felt himself pierced to the heart and ...
— The Rise of the Dutch Republic, 1555-1566 • John Lothrop Motley


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