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.
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.
Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or
mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings of
reproach.
The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the
act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging.
A goad; incitement.
The point of an epigram or other sarcastic
saying.
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