pierelle

(Fr.) A ma of stones filling a ditch and covered with clay. Pi-er-I-an, a. [Lat. Pierius .] [PIERIDES.] Of or pertaining to the Pierides or Muses. "Drink deep, or touch not the Pierian spring." Pope: E ay on Criticism, ii. 15. Pi-ěr-i-dēş, s . pl . [Lat.] Cla . Myth .: A name given to the Muses, from the district of Pieria in The aly, their natal region. pi-er-i-di, pi-er-i-di-næ, s. pl . [Mod. Lat. pier (is), gen it. pierid ( is ); masc. pl. adj. suff. -i, or fem. -inæ.] Entom.: A sub-family of Papilionidae. Inner strument. 2. To penetrate, to force a way into. "Can curses pierce the clouds and enter heaven?” Shakesp.: Richard III., 1. 3. 3. To touch, move, or affect deeply; to sink into the feelings or heart. "Pierc'd with grief the much lov'd youth he view'd." Pope: Homer's Iliad, xi. 323. 4. To penetrate into, as into a secret plan or pur IMG:content-1058.png:[blocks in formation] 1. To penetrate, as a pointed instrument. "And pierced to the skin, but bit no more." Spenser: F. Q., II. viii. 44. 2. To penetrate; to force or make a way into anything. 3. To penetrate, so as to affect or move. "Her tears will pierce into a marble heart." Shakesp.: Henry VI.. Pt. III., iii. 1. 4. To penetrate, to dive, as into a secret. "She would not pierce further into his meaning."Sidney: Arcadia.