Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lancinating"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lanciname \Lan"ci*name\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lancinated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Lancinating}.] [L. lancinatus, p. p. of
lancinare to fear.]
To tear; to lacerate; to pierce or stab. --De Quincey.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lancinating \Lan"ci*na`ting\, a.
Piercing; seeming to pierce or stab; as, lancinating pains
(i.e., severe, darting pains).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lancinating
adj : as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a
cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold";
"piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing
criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain" [syn:
{cutting}, {keen}, {knifelike}, {piercing}, {stabbing},
{lancinate}]
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