Definition of Piers

1. Proper noun. (Ancient Greek male given name); the (etyl enm) vernacular form of Peter, revived in the twentieth century. ¹

2. Noun. (plural of pier) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Piers

1. pier [n] - See also: pier

Lexicographical Neighbors of Piers

pierheads
pierid
pierides
pieridine
pierids
pierless
piermaster
piermasters
pierogi
pierogies
pierogis
pierre robin syndrome
pierrotite
pierrots
piers
pierst
piert
pies
piesesthesia
pieshop
pieshops
piesimeter
piesis
piet
piet-my-vrou
pieta
pietas
pieties
pietism

Literary usage of Piers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"tember, 1869, the United States having lur- nished materials sufficient to commence the construction of said piers and abutments, the petitioners requested ..."

2. Lombard Architecture by Arthur Kingsley Porter (1917)
"COMPOUND Piers As precisely as the extant monuments make it possible to determine, it was at the end of the X century when there was begun in Lombardy that ..."

3. The Law Reports by James Redfoord Bulwer (1872)
"It is also agreed that the eastern and western piers, and the spaces to ... 27 only empowers them to deepen aud j--u:arpe the channel, and make new piers. ..."

4. The English Poets by Thomas Humphry Ward, Matthew Arnold (1901)
"FROM 'THE VISION OF Piers THE PLOWMAN.' PASSUS XXI. ... in the plate-armour of Piers Plowman. " rider. " blow. " harm. ..."

5. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1920)
"'Is Piers in this ... shall joust in Piers' arms, In his helm and in his habergeon • humand ... In Piers' plates the ..."

6. The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin (1873)
"If its functions of partition or enclosure are continued, together with that of resisting vertical pressure, it remains as a wall veil. between the piers ..."

7. Report by California, State Board of Harbor Commissioners (1914)
"Railway Spurs on Piers. It has been the policy of the Board not only to equip all new piers with spur tracks running the full length of the piers, but also, ..."

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