Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pertuse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pertuse \Per*tuse"\, Pertused \Per*tused"\, a. [L. pertusus, p.
p. of pertundere to beat or thrust through, to bore through;
per + tundere to beat: cf. F. pertus. Cf. {Pierce}.]
Punched; pierced with, or having, holes.
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