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Hall, Hen. VI., an. 16. 2. Any sharp instrument used for piercing, boring, perforating, etc., such as an awl, a gimlet, or a stiletto. Specifically- (a) A piercel. (b) An instrument used in making eyelets. (c) A vent-wire used by founders in making holes. (d) A bow-drill. 3. In entom . , that organ of an insect with which it pierces bodies; the ovipositor. Also called terebra . The hollow instrument terebra we may English piercer . Ray , Works of Creation. piercing (pēr's ing), n. [Verbal n. of pierce , v .] 1. Penetration. Specifically-2. In metal working , the operation of sawing out a pattern or an object from a plate, as distinguished from punching it out. It is done with a jig or band-saw. pietra serena Pieris (pi'e-ris), n . [NL. (Schrank, 1801), Πιερίς , sing. of Πιερίδες , the Muses: see Pierides .] A genus of butterflies, typical of the Pierid inæ . They are rather small whitish or yellowish butterflies, whose fore wings are rounded at the tip and marked with black. The genus as now restricted has over 120 species, of all parts of the world. Most of those of North America are known as cabbage - butterflies , with a qualifying word, because their caterpillars feed on the Southern Cabbage-butterfly ( Pieris pro to dice ), male, natural size. P. piercing (per's ing), p.a . 1. Penetrating; sharp; cabbage and other cruciferous plantsy sele race a is the keen: as, piercing eyes; a piercing wind. The air in this bishopric is pretty cold and piercing . Defoe , Tour thro' Great Britain, III. 220. 2. That touches or moves with pity, alarm, an- guish, etc.: as, a piercing cry. In piercing phrases, late, The anatomy of all my woes I wrote.