PUNCTURE

n. v.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

The act of puncturing; perforating with something pointed.

2.
n.

A small hole made by a point; a slight wound, bite, or sting; as, the puncture of a nail, needle, or pin. A lion may perish by the puncture of an asp. Rambler.

3.
v.

To pierce with a small, pointed instrument, or the like; to prick; to make a puncture in; as, to puncture the skin.

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