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Bore
Bore
imp.
of
Bear
Bore
v. t.
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
plank
.
Bore
v. t.
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
hole
.
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
.
Bore
v. t.
To
weary
by
tedious
iteration
or by
dullness
; to
tire
; to
trouble
; to
vex
; to
annoy
; to
pester
.
Bore
v. t.
To
befool
; to
trick
.
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
).
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
.
Bore
v. i.
To
push
forward
in a
certain
direction
with
laborious
effort
.
Bore
v. i.
To
shoot
out
the
nose
or
toss
it in
the
air
;
said
of a
horse
.
Bore
n.
A
hole
made
by
boring
; a
perforation
.
Bore
n.
The
internal
cylindrical
cavity
of a
gun
,
cannon
,
pistol
, or
other
firearm
, or of a
pipe
or
tube
.
Bore
n.
The
size
of a
hole
;
the
interior
diameter
of a
tube
or
gun
barrel
;
the
caliber
.
Bore
n.
A
tool
for
making
a
hole
by
boring
, as an
auger
.
Bore
n.
Caliber
;
importance
.
Bore
n.
A
person
or
thing
that
wearies
by
prolixity
or
dullness
; a
tiresome
person
or
affair
;
any
person
or
thing
which
causes
ennui
.
Bore
n.
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
.
Bore
n.
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
. of
1st
& 2d
Bear
.
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