Bible Dictionaries
Piercing

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point; perforating; penetrating; keen; - used also figuratively; as, a piercing instrument, or thrust.

(2):

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pierce

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Piercing'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/piercing.html. 1828.