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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

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.

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Pier′cing-ly

adv.

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Pier′cing-ness

Noun.

ppr.

pers'ing. Penetrating; entering, as a pointed instrument; making a way by force into another body.

Affecting deeply; as eloquence piercing the heart.

a. Affecting; cutting; keen.