Definition of borer

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Borer (n.) Any bivalve mollusk (Saxicava, Lithodomus, etc.) which bores into limestone and similar substances..

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Tapper :: Tapper (n.) The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer..
Buprestidan :: Buprestidan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles, of the genus Buprestis and allied genera, usually with brilliant metallic colors. The larvae are usually borers in timber, or beneath bark, and are often very destructive to trees..
Churl :: Churl (n.) A rustic; a countryman or laborer.
Ranchman :: Ranchman (n.) An owner or occupant of, or laborer on, a ranch; a herdsman..
Borer :: Borer (n.) The hagfish (Myxine).
Navvy :: Navvy (n.) Originally, a laborer on canals for internal navigation; hence, a laborer on other public works, as in building railroads, embankments, etc..
Swinney :: Swinker (n.) A laborer.
Clearwing :: Clearwing (n.) A lepidopterous insect with partially transparent wings, of the family Aegeriadae, of which the currant and peach-tree borers are examples..
Worker :: Worker (n.) One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass..
Lumper :: Lumper (n.) A laborer who is employed to load or unload vessels when in harbor.
Workman :: Workman (n.) Hence, especially, a skillful artificer or laborer..
Gaffer :: Gaffer (n.) A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers.
Tabrere :: Tabrere (n.) A taborer.
Overlook :: Overlook (v. t.) Hence: To supervise; to watch over; sometimes, to observe secretly; as, to overlook a gang of laborers; to overlook one who is writing a letter..
Work :: Work (n.) To carry on business; to be engaged or employed customarily; to perform the part of a laborer; to labor; to toil.
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..
Gang :: Gang (v. i.) A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves..
Tool :: Tool (n.) An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work..
Heaver :: Heaver (n.) One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver..
Taborer :: Taborer (n.) One who plays on the tabor.
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