Vocabulary : Pierce to Pierre-perdu

Pierce : To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument. ;; To penetrate; to enter; to force a way into or through; to pass into or through; as, to pierce the enemy's line; a shot pierced the ship. ;; Fig.: To penetrate; to affect deeply; as, to pierce a mystery. ;; To enter; to penetrate; to make a way into or through something, as a pointed instrument does; -- used literally and figuratively.
Pierceable : That may be pierced.
Pierced : of Pierce ;; Penetrated; entered; perforated.
Piercel : A kind of gimlet for making vents in casks; -- called also piercer.
Piercer : One who, or that which, pierces or perforates ;; An instrument used in forming eyelets; a stiletto. ;; A piercel. ;; The ovipositor, or sting, of an insect. ;; An insect provided with an ovipositor.

Piercing : of Pierce ;; Forcibly entering, or adapted to enter, at or by a point; perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively; as, a piercing instrument, or thrust.
Pierian : Of or pertaining to Pierides or Muses.
Pierid : Any butterfly of the genus Pieris and related genera. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage.
Pierides : The Muses.
Pierre-perdu : Blocks of stone or concrete heaped loosely in the water to make a foundation (as for a sea wall), a mole, etc.

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