What is "lancinate"

Lancinate \Lan"ci*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lancinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Lancinating.] [L. lancinatus, p. p. of lancinare to fear.] To tear; to lacerate; to pierce or stab.
--De Quincey.

vb. To pierce or stab (as with a lance), to lance.

adj. as physically painful as if caused by a sharp instrument; "a cutting wind"; "keen winds"; "knifelike cold"; "piercing knifelike pains"; "piercing cold"; "piercing criticism"; "a stabbing pain"; "lancinating pain" [syn: cutting, keen, knifelike, piercing, stabbing, lancinating]