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puncture 1. a perforation and loss of pressure in a pneumatic tyre, made by sharp stones, glass, etc. 2. the act of puncturing or perforating puncture [′pəŋk·chər] (electricity) Disruptive discharge through insulation involving a sudden and large increase in current through the insulation due to complete failure under electrostatic stress. (science and technology) To pierce or indent. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| His gayety was at an end; he could no longer summon up even a forced smile; and, at the first puncture of the needle, flinched so piteously, that the captain was obliged to pause, and to order him a powerful dose of alcohol. Mysterious as this circumstance appears to be, it is not more surprising than that the body of one's fellow-creature, directly after death, and before putrefaction has commenced, should often be of so deleterious a quality, that the mere puncture from an instrument used in its dissection, should prove fatal. Three punctures were made in the heathen flesh, and the White Whale's barbs were then tempered. |
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