Definition of bore

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Bore (v. i.) To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that cuts as it turns; as, this timber does not bore well, or is hard to bore..

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Through :: Through (prep.) From end to end of, or from side to side of; from one surface or limit of, to the opposite; into and out of at the opposite, or at another, point; as, to bore through a piece of timber, or through a board; a ball passes through the side of a ship..
Periergy :: Periergy (n.) A bombastic or labored style.
Work :: Work (n.) To carry on business; to be engaged or employed customarily; to perform the part of a laborer; to labor; to toil.
Roborean :: Roborean (a.) Alt. of Roboreou.
Teredine :: Teredine (n.) A borer; the teredo.
Jervine :: "Jervine (n.) A poisonous alkaloid resembling veratrine, and found with it in white hellebore (Veratrum album); -- called also jervina..
Hyperborean :: Hyperborean (n.) An inhabitant of the most northern regions.
Navvy :: Navvy (n.) Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc..
Workman :: Workman (n.) Hence, especially, a skillful artificer or laborer..
Perforate :: Perforate (v.) To bore through; to pierce through with a pointed instrument; to make a hole or holes through by boring or piercing; to pierce or penetrate the surface of.
Borele :: Borele (n.) The smaller two-horned rhinoceros of South Africa (Atelodus bicornis).
Counterbore :: Counterbore (n.) A flat-bottomed cylindrical enlargement of the mouth of a hole, usually of slight depth, as for receiving a cylindrical screw head..
Plantation :: Plantation (n.) The place planted; land brought under cultivation; a piece of ground planted with trees or useful plants; esp., in the United States and West Indies, a large estate appropriated to the production of the more important crops, and cultivated by laborers who live on the estate; as, a cotton plantation; a coffee plantation..
Thirl :: Thirl (v. t.) To bore; to drill or thrill. See Thrill.
Peon :: Peon (n.) A day laborer; a servant; especially, in some of the Spanish American countries, debtor held by his creditor in a form of qualified servitude, to work out a debt..
Xylophagan :: Xylophagan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles whose larvae bore or live in wood.
Lumper :: Lumper (n.) A laborer who is employed to load or unload vessels when in harbor.
Xylophaga :: Xylophaga (n.) A genus of marine bivalves which bore holes in wood. They are allied to Pholas.
Tamp :: Tamp (v. t.) In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion from being misdirected..
Swabber :: Swab (n.) A sponge, or other suitable substance, attached to a long rod or handle, for cleaning the bore of a firearm..
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