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Definition of Pierced
1. Adjective. Having a hole cut through. "A punctured balloon"
Definition of Pierced
1. a. Penetrated; entered; perforated.
Definition of Pierced
1. Verb. (past of pierce) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pierced
1. pierce [v] - See also: pierce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pierced
Literary usage of Pierced
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Of tough bull-hide, but pierced not through ; the shaft Dropp'd, broken at the
splice ... Him 'neath the ear the son of Telamon pierced with long lance, ..."
2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"(See under R.) pierced WORK. Decoration which consists mainly or partially of
... One of his most pierced WORK: STONE WINDOW SLABS; CENTRAL SYRIA. character ..."
3. The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot (1860)
"... destitute of any corresponding provision, and had slipped off to the winds
again, from a total absence of hooks. CHAPTER II. TOE TORN NEST IS pierced BY ..."
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