PIERCINGS
Noun
piercings
plural of piercing
Anagrams
• precising, précising
Source: Wiktionary
PIERCING
Pier"cing, a.
Definition: Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point;
perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively; as, a
piercing instrument, or thrust. "Piercing eloquence." Shak.
– Pier"cing*ly, adv.
– Pier"cing*ness, n.
PIERCE
Pierce, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pierced; p. pr. & vb. n. Piercing.] Etym:
[OE. percen, F. percer, OF. percier, perchier, parchier; perh. fr.
(assumed) LL. pertusiare for pertusare, fr. L. pertundere, pertusum,
to beat, push, bore through; per through + tundere to beat: cf. OF.
pertuisier to pierce, F. pertuis a hole. Cf. Contuse, Parch,
Pertuse.]
1. To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument.
"I pierce . . . her tender side." Dryden.
2. To penetrate; to enter; to force a way into or through; to pass
into or through; as, to pierce the enemy's line; a shot pierced the
ship.
3. Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery.
"Pierced with grief." Pope.
Can no prayers pierce thee Shak.
Pierce, v. i.
Definition: To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through
something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally and
figuratively.
And pierced to the skin, but bit no more. Spenser.
She would not pierce further into his meaning. Sir P. Sidney.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition