Of disease, pain, etc.: severe, intense, violent.

Resembling, of the nature of, or befitting a pang.

†Of a pain, esp. in the ribs: Sharp and spasmodic, lancinating.

Of pain: Sharp and sudden, darting, lancinating. Also of a diseased part, a corn, etc. (see shoot, v. 5).

That lances. Cutting, piercing.

Chiefly of pain: Acute, darting, piercing.

Of pain: Sharp and sudden, characterized by twinges comparable to the effect of a stab.

Of pain: seeming to catch at the body; sharp and sudden; stabbing; spasmodic; (also) characterized by such pain.

Medicine. Of pain or a pain: sharp, sudden, and darting; shooting, lancinating. Now rare.