Pertuse

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pertuse \Per*tuse"\, Pertused \Per*tused"\, 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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