bore : Idioms & Phrases

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bore bit

  • noun a drill for penetrating rock
    stone drill; rock drill; borer.
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bore-hole

  • noun a hole or passage made by a drill; usually made for exploratory purposes
    bore; drill hole.
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ear-bored

Ear"-bored` adjective
Definitions
  1. Having the ear perforated.
Webster 1913

tidal bore

  • noun a high wave (often dangerous) caused by tidal flow (as by colliding tidal currents or in a narrow estuary)
    eager; bore; eagre; aegir.
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Turning and boring mill

  • a kind of lathe having a vertical spindle and horizontal face plate, for turning and boring large work.
Webster 1913

Well boring

  • the art or process of boring an artesian well.
Webster 1913