verb
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to make an opening in as with a sharp-edged instrument; to pierce; to incise; to cut.
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to pierce, hit sharply, constrict, etc. so as to hurt.
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to hurt the feelings of.
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to remove or divide into parts with a sharp-edged instrument; to sever.
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to make or shape by or as by cutting, chipping, hewing, etc; to carve statues.
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to blind temporarily or confuse the sight of, as by an excess of light; to dazzle.
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to ignite a match stick by rubbing its tip (on the match box).
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(fig.) to write carelessly or uninterestingly.
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(fig.) to cause boredom by talking incessantly or uninterestingly.
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(cold by being severe) to be nipping or smarting.