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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Puncture

Pŭnct'ure, n.

noun

(pŭnkt'yur, 53), n. [Lat. punctura, fr. pungere, punctum, to prick; Fr. punctura, ponchura, Sp., Pg., & It. puntura, O. Fr. pointure]

  1. The act of perforating with a pointed instrument.
  2. A small hole made by a point; a wound, bite, or sting; as, the puncture of a nail, needle, or pin.

A lion may perish by the puncture of an asp. Rambler.

Pŭnc'ture, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. PUNCTURED; p. pr. & vb. n. PUNCTURING.] To pierce with a small, pointed instrument, or the like; to prick; as, to puncture the skin.