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A projecting wharf or landing place. Abutment pier, the pier of a bridge next the shore; a pier which by its strength and stability resists the thrust of an arch. -- Pier glass, a mirror, of high and narrow shape, to be put up between windows. -- Pier table, a table made to stand between windows.

Same as Wharfage. Smart.

To thrust into, penetrate, or transfix, with a pointed instrument. "I pierce . . . her tender side." Dryden.

That may be pierced.

Penetrated; entered; perforated.

A kind of gimlet for making vents in casks; -- called also piercer.

One who, or that which, pierces or perforates; specifically:

enter, at or by a point; perforating; penetrating; keen; -- used also figuratively; as, a piercing instrument, or thrust. "Piercing eloquence." Shak. -- Pier"cing*ly, adv. -- Pier"cing*ness, n.

Of or pertaining to Pierides or Muses. Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. Pope.

Any butterfly of the genus Pieris and related genera. See Cabbage butterfly, under Cabbage.

The Muses.

Blocks of stone or concrete heaped loosely in the water to make a foundation (as for a sea wall), a mole, etc.

One who copies; one who writes or transcribes from an original; a transcriber.

One who presides at a gaming table and collects the stakes.

The earwig.

To pierce; to impierce. [Obs.] Spenser.

To pierce. [Obs.] Shak.

One who espies. Harmar.

To pierce; to penetrate. [Obs.] Drayton.

Not capable of being pierced; impenetrable. [Obs.] Spenser.