Definition of boring

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Boring (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, bores; as, the boring of cannon; the boring of piles and ship timbers by certain marine mollusks..

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Auger :: Auger (n.) A carpenter's tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands. A pod auger is one with a straight channel or groove, like the half of a bean pod. A screw auger has a twisted blade, by the spiral groove of which the chips are discharge..
Upas :: Upas (n.) A tree (Antiaris toxicaria) of the Breadfruit family, common in the forests of Java and the neighboring islands. Its secretions are poisonous, and it has been fabulously reported that the atmosphere about it is deleterious. Called also bohun upas..
Terebration :: Terebration (n.) The act of terebrating, or boring..
Gimlet :: Gimlet (n.) A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle..
Centrebit :: Centrebit (n.) An instrument turning on a center, for boring holes. See Bit, n., 3..
Bit :: Bit (v.) A tool for boring, of various forms and sizes, usually turned by means of a brace or bitstock. See Bitstock..
Neighboring :: Neighboring (a.) Living or being near; adjacent; as, the neighboring nations or countries..
Borer :: Borer (n.) One that bores; an instrument for boring.
Adjacent :: Adjacent (a.) Lying near, close, or contiguous; neighboring; bordering on; as, a field adjacent to the highway..
Boring :: Boring (n.) The chips or fragments made by boring.
Neighbor :: Neighbor (a.) Near to another; adjoining; adjacent; next; neighboring.
Bore :: Bore (n.) A hole made by boring; a perforation.
Bore :: Bore (v. i.) To make a hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool; as, to bore for water or oil (i. e., to sink a well by boring for water or oil); to bore with a gimlet; to bore into a tree (as insects)..
Terebrating :: Terebrating (a.) Boring; perforating; -- applied to molluskas which form holes in rocks, wood, etc..
Wimble :: Wimble (n.) An auger used for boring in earth.
Bore :: Bore (v. t.) To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; as, to bore one's way through a crowd; to force a narrow and difficult passage through..
Laboring :: Laboring (a.) Suffering pain or grief.
Perforation :: Perforation (n.) A hole made by boring or piercing; an aperture.
Decennary :: Decennary (n.) A tithing consisting of ten neighboring families.
Consociation :: Consociation (n.) A voluntary and permanent council or union of neighboring Congregational churches, for mutual advice and cooperation in ecclesiastical matters; a meeting of pastors and delegates from churches thus united..
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