Definition of pier

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Pier (n.) Any additional or auxiliary mass of masonry used to stiffen a wall. See Buttress.

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Enter :: Enter (v. t.) To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet, a country, a door, etc.; the river enters the sea..
Tuck :: Tuck (n.) A long, narrow sword; a rapier..
Engore :: Engore (v. t.) To gore; to pierce; to lacerate.
Base :: Base (n.) The lower part of a wall, pier, or column, when treated as a separate feature, usually in projection, or especially ornamented..
Briefman :: Briefman (n.) A copier of a manuscript.
Transfix :: Transfix (v. t.) To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as, to transfix one with a dart..
Spitted :: Spitted (a.) Put upon a spit; pierced as if by a spit.
Pier :: Pier (n.) A projecting wharf or landing place.
Broach :: Broach (n.) To spit; to pierce as with a spit.
Break :: Break (v. t.) To destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce; as, the cavalry were not able to break the British squares..
Pendentive :: Pendentive (n.) The part of a groined vault which is supported by, and springs from, one pier or corbel..
Penetrancy :: Penetrancy (n.) The quality or state of being penetrant; power of entering or piercing; penetrating power of quality; as, the penetrancy of subtile effluvia..
Thread :: Thread (v. t.) To pass or pierce through as a narrow way; also, to effect or make, as one's way, through or between obstacles; to thrid..
Poignant :: Poignant (a.) Pricking; piercing; sharp; pungent.
Cloy :: Cloy (v. t.) To penetrate or pierce; to wound.
Fork :: Fork (n.) An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curved; -- used from piercing, holding, taking up, or pitching anything..
Bracket :: Bracket (n.) An architectural member, plain or ornamental, projecting from a wall or pier, to support weight falling outside of the same; also, a decorative feature seeming to discharge such an office..
Eyeleteer :: Eyeleteer (n.) A small, sharp-pointed instrument used in piercing eyelet holes; a stiletto..
Main-gauche :: Main-gauche (n.) The dagger held in the left hand, while the rapier is held in the right; -- used to parry thrusts of the adversary's rapier..
Pertusion :: Pertusion (n.) The act of punching or piercing with a pointed instrument; as, pertusion of a vein..
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