Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An instrument for forming vents in casks; a piercer.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A kind of gimlet for making vents in casks; -- called also piercer.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A kind of gimlet for making vents in casks.

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Compare French perce.

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