ppl. a. [f. prec. + -ING2.] Chiefly of pain: Acute, darting, piercing.
1762. R. Guy, Prach. Obs. Cancers, 77. She complained of frequent lancinating Pains.
1804. Abernethy, Surg. Obs., 39. The pain is lancinating.
1813. J. Thomson, Lect. Inflam., 473. A burning and lancinating sensation.
1861. F. H. Ramadge, Curabil. Consumption, 71. Lancinating pains shooting in the direction of the ear.
fig. 1814. Sporting Mag., XLIV. 147. He inflicts, without mercy, the most ingenious, home-directed and most lancinating cuts.
1894. Westm. Gaz., 12 Feb., 3/2. Simplicity in recounting his own exploits excuses lancinating criticisms about other people.
