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Bore
Bore
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bored
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Boring
.] [OE.
borien
, AS. borian
; akin to Icel. bora
, Dan. bore
, D. boren
, OHG. por[GREEK]n
, G. bohren
, L. forare
, Gr. [GREEK]
to plow, Zend bar
. √91.] 1.
To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, drill, or other instrument; to make a round hole in or through; to pierce;
as, to
. bore
a plankI’ll believe as soon this whole earth may be
bored
. Shakespeare
2.
To form or enlarge by means of a boring instrument or apparatus;
as, to
. bore
a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore
a holeShort but very powerful jaws, by means whereof the insect can
bore
, as with a centerbit, a cylindrical passage through the most solid wood. T. W. Harris.
3.
To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring;
“What bustling crowds I bored.” as, to
; to force a narrow and difficult passage through. bore
one's way through a crowdGay.
4.
To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness; to tire; to trouble; to vex; to annoy; to pester.
He
bores
me with some trick. Shakespeare
Used to come and
bore
me at rare intervals. Carlyle.
5.
To befool; to trick.
[Obs.]
I am abused, betrayed; I am laughed at, scorned,
Baffled and
Baffled and
bored
, it seems. Beau. & Fl.
Bore
,Verb.
I.
1.
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)2.
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
3.
To push forward in a certain direction with laborious effort.
They take their flight . . .
boring
to the west. Dryden.
4.
(Man.)
To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air; – said of a horse.
Crabb.
Bore
(bōr)
, Noun.
1.
A hole made by boring; a perforation.
2.
The internal cylindrical cavity of a gun, cannon, pistol, or other firearm, or of a pipe or tube.
The
bores
of wind instruments. Bacon.
Love's counselor should fill the
bores
of hearing. Shakespeare
3.
The size of a hole; the interior diameter of a tube or gun barrel; the caliber.
4.
A tool for making a hole by boring, as an auger.
5.
Caliber; importance.
[Obs.]
Yet are they much too light for the
bore
of the matter. Shakespeare
6.
A person or thing that wearies by prolixity or dullness; a tiresome person or affair; any person or thing which causes ennui.
It is as great a
bore
as to hear a poet read his own verses. Hawthorne.
Bore
,Noun.
[Icel.
bāra
wave: cf. G. empor
upwards, OHG. bor
height, burren
to lift, perh. allied to AS. beran
, E. 1st bear
. √92.] (Physical Geog.)
(a)
A tidal flood which regularly or occasionally rushes into certain rivers of peculiar configuration or location, in one or more waves which present a very abrupt front of considerable height, dangerous to shipping, as at the mouth of the Amazon, in South America, the Hoogly and Indus, in India, and the Tsien-tang, in China.
(b)
Less properly, a very high and rapid tidal flow, when not so abrupt, such as occurs at the Bay of Fundy and in the British Channel.
Bore
,imp.
Bear
. Webster 1828 Edition
Bore
BORE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To perforate or penetrate a solid body and make a round hole by turning an auger, gimlet, or other instrument. Hence, to make hollow;; to form a round hole; as,to bore a cannon.2.
To eat out or make a hollow by gnawing or corroding, as a worm.3.
To penetrate or break through by turning or labor; as, to bore through a crowd.BORE
,Verb.
I.
1.
To pierce or enter by boring; as, an auger bores well.2.
To push forward toward a certain point.Boring to the west.
3.
With horsemen, a horse bores, when he carries his nose to the ground.4.
In a transitive or intransitive sense, to pierce the earth with scooping irons, which, when drawn out, bring with them samples of the different stratums, through which they pass. This is a method of discovering veins of ore and coal without opening a mine.BORE
,Noun.
1.
Any instrument for making holes by boring or turning, as an auger, gimlet or wimble.BORE
,Noun.
A sudden influx of the tide into a river or narrow strait.