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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Sting \Sting\, n. [AS. sting a sting. See {Sting}, v. t.] 1. (Zool.) 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}. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) 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. [1913 Webster] 3. Anything that gives acute pain, bodily or mental; as, the stings of remorse; the stings of reproach. [1913 Webster] The sting of death is sin. --1 Cor. xv. 56. [1913 Webster] 4. The thrust of a sting into the flesh; the act of stinging; a wound inflicted by stinging. "The lurking serpent's mortal sting." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. A goad; incitement. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 6. The point of an epigram or other sarcastic saying. [1913 Webster] {Sting moth} (Zool.), an Australian moth ({Doratifera vulnerans}) whose larva is armed, at each end of the body, with four tubercles bearing powerful stinging organs. {Sting ray}. (Zool.) See under 6th {Ray}. {Sting winkle} (Zool.), a spinose marine univalve shell of the genus Murex, as the European species ({Murex erinaceus}). See Illust. of {Murex}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Sting \Sting\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stung}(Archaic {Stang}); p. pr. & vb. n. {Stinging}.] [AS. stingan; akin to Icel. & Sw. stinga, Dan. stinge, and probably to E. stick, v.t.; cf. Goth. usstiggan to put out, pluck out. Cf. {Stick}, v. t.] 1. To pierce or wound with a sting; as, bees will sting an animal that irritates them; the nettles stung his hands. [1913 Webster] 2. To pain acutely; as, the conscience is stung with remorse; to bite. "Slander stings the brave." --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. To goad; to incite, as by taunts or reproaches. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: sting n 1: a kind of pain; something as sudden and painful as being stung; "the sting of death"; "he felt the stinging of nettles" [syn: {sting}, {stinging}] 2: a mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience" [syn: {pang}, {sting}] 3: a painful wound caused by the thrust of an insect's stinger into skin [syn: {sting}, {bite}, {insect bite}] 4: a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property [syn: {bunco}, {bunco game}, {bunko}, {bunko game}, {con}, {confidence trick}, {confidence game}, {con game}, {gyp}, {hustle}, {sting}, {flimflam}] v 1: cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort; "The sun burned his face" [syn: {bite}, {sting}, {burn}] 2: deliver a sting to; "A bee stung my arm yesterday" [syn: {sting}, {bite}, {prick}] 3: saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous; "They stuck me with the dinner bill"; "I was stung with a huge tax bill" [syn: {stick}, {sting}] 4: cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin" [syn: {prick}, {sting}, {twinge}] 5: cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging; "His remark stung her" From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: STING Software Technology Interest Group (CERN, org.)