Sting

sting, v. to stick anything.sharp into, to pain acutely:—pa.t. and pa.p. stung.—#. the sharp pointed weapon of some animals the thrust of a sting into the flesh anything that causes acute pain the point in the last verse of mCte mute m ; Stingy an epigram. [A. S. stirtg-nn cog. with Tee. stiuga, Or. siizo, to prick (whence Stigma).]