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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
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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