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pierce-
the verb-stem or n. in comb., as in pierce-free a., free from perforations, or wounds made by piercing; pierce-work, work (in metal, etc.) done by piercing or perforation.
1628Gaule Pract. The. (1629) 176 Men neyther shrinke, nor shrike, that their Cloathes are beaten, or rent, when they perceiue their Bodies pierce-free, or paine-free. 1833J. Holland Manuf. Metal II. 195 In the production of ordinary pierce-work. |