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    Pertuse (?), Pertused (?) , a. [L. pertusus, p. p. of pertundere to beat or thrust through, to bore through; per + tundere to beat: cf. F. pertus.  Cf. Pierce.] Punched; pierced with, or having, holes.
   
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