Sting(v. t.)
- Any sharp organ of offense and defense, especially when connected with a poison gland, and adapted to inflict a wound by piercing; as the caudal sting of a scorpion. The sting of a bee or wasp is a modified ovipositor. The caudal sting, or spine, of a sting ray is a modified dorsal fin ray. The term is sometimes applied to the fang of a serpent. See Illust. of Scorpion.
Sting(v. t.)
- A sharp-pointed hollow hair seated on a gland which secrets an acrid fluid, as in nettles. The points of these hairs usually break off in the wound, and the acrid fluid is pressed into it.
Sting(v. t.)
- Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings of reproach.
Sting(v. t.)
- The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.
Sting(v. t.)
- The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying.
Sting(v. t.)
- To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands.
Sting(v. t.)
- To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse; to bite.
Sting(v. t.)
- To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches.
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Stinging(a.)
- Piercing, or capable of piercing, with a sting; inflicting acute pain as if with a sting, goad, or pointed weapon; pungent; biting; as, stinging cold; a stinging rebuke.