Sting

sting, v.t. to stick anything sharp into, to pain acutely.— v.i. to have a sting: to give pain:— pa.t. and pa.p. stung.— n. the sharp-pointed weapon of some animals: the thrust of a sting into the flesh: anything that causes acute pain: any stimulus or impulse: the point in the last verse of an epigram.— n. Sting′er , one who, or that which, stings.— adv. Sting′ingly , with stinging.— adj. Sting′le , having no sting.— n. Sting′-ray , a genus of cartilaginous fishes, of the order of Rays, and family Trygonidæ , the long tail bearing dorsally a long bi-serrated spine capable of giving an ugly wound. [A.S. sting an ; Ice. sting a .]