v. t.
Can no prayers pierce thee? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally and figuratively. [ 1913 Webster ]
And pierced to the skin, but bit no more. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
She would not pierce further into his meaning. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. That may be pierced. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Penetrated; entered; perforated. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. perce. ] A kind of gimlet for making vents in casks; -- called also
n.