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Piercer   Listen
noun
Piercer  n.  
1.
One who, or that which, pierces or perforates; specifically:
(a)
An instrument used in forming eyelets; a stiletto.
(b)
A piercel.
2.
(Zool.)
(a)
The ovipositor, or sting, of an insect.
(b)
An insect provided with an ovipositor.






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"Piercer" Quotes from Famous Books



... a piercer, if it finds its way through your heart,' said Mr. Sikes. 'Give him something to drink, Nancy. Burn my body, make haste! It's enough to turn a man ill, to see his lean old carcase shivering in that way, like a ugly ghost just rose from ...
— Oliver Twist • Charles Dickens

... the bottom as may be. The Tool being placed, is to be struck upon with an Hammer, the heavier the better, either suspended by a Shaft turning upon a Pin, or otherwise, so as one man may manage the Hammer, while another holds the Tool or Piercer. If it be hung in a Frame, or other convenient way, he that manageth it hath no more to do, but to pull it up at first as high as he can, and let it fall again by its own weight, the motion being so directed, as to be sure to hit ...
— Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 • Various



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