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They are instruments made to perforate the bag of fat which slowly, without suffering any internal injury, is emptied through an opening repeated here and there. The Anthrax' cupping-glass is here replaced by piercers of exceeding sharpness and so short that they cannot hurt anything beyond the skin.
We saw there a great number of trees which bore mattocks, pickaxes, crows, weeding-hooks, scythes, sickles, spades, trowels, hatchets, hedging-bills, saws, adzes, bills, axes, shears, pincers, bolts, piercers, augers, and wimbles.
Having thus gained my preliminary, I gradually accumulated tools of various sorts gimlets, piercers, chisels, et cetera. I immediately set myself to work.
Lace stitches, made with bodkins or "piercers," or darning needles of sufficient size to make perforations, were skillfully rimmed and joined together in patterns by finer stitches, and open borders, and hemstitching, and dainty inventions of all kinds, for the embellishment of the fabrics upon which they were wrought.
Weller caused his glance to travel slowly round the kitchen, until at length it rested on his son. 'Sammy, said Mr. Weller, 'I mistrust that barber. 'Wot for? returned Sam; 'wot's he got to do with you? You're a nice man, you are, arter pretendin' all kinds o' terror, to go a payin' compliments and talkin' about hearts and piercers. The imputation of gallantry appeared to afford Mr.
He is a mighty man, and he will not come for thee, neither wilt thou be able to compel him." "It will be easy for me to compass this, although thou mayest think that it will not be easy." "Though thou get this, there is yet that which thou wilt not get. Their three shields are three gleaming glitterers. Their three spears are three pointed piercers.
He is a mighty man, and he will not come for thee, neither wilt thou be able to compel him." "It will be easy for me to compass this, although thou mayest think that it will not be easy." "Though thou get this, there is yet that which thou wilt not get. Their three shields are three gleaming glitterers. Their three spears are three pointed piercers.
Have been speaking to the sailors about getting man-killing H.E. shell for the Mediterranean Squadron instead of the present armour piercers which break into only two or three pieces and are, therefore, in the open field, more alarming than deadly. They don't seem to think there would be much good gained by begging for special favours through routine channels.
As the old man delivered himself of this opinion, he turned his one open eye towards the point he indicated: for, though he had two orbs, and they were piercers, he never used more than one at a time we youngsters used to suppose, to give each alternately a rest. As he spoke, the fog once more opened a little. "And, what do you say to yonder craft?" continued the skipper.
Weller the utmost delight, for he replied in a voice choked by suppressed laughter, and with the tears in his eyes, 'Wos I a talkin' about hearts and piercers, wos I though, Sammy, eh? 'Wos you? of course you wos. 'She don't know no better, Sammy, there ain't no harm in it, no danger, Sammy; she's only a punster. She seemed pleased, though, didn't she?
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