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Borer   /bˈɔrər/   Listen
Borer

noun
1.
A drill for penetrating rock.  Synonyms: bore bit, rock drill, stone drill.
2.
Any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood.  Synonym: woodborer.



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"Borer" Quotes from Famous Books



... libristo. Boom soni. Booming sonado. Boon bonfaro, gajno. Boorish maldelikata. Boot boto. Booth budo. Bootless neprofita. Bootmaker botisto. Booty akirajxo. Borax borakso. Border (edge) randajxo. Border, to put a borderi. Bore (a hole) bori. Bore (of a gun) kalibro. Borer (tool) borilo. Born, to be naskigxi. Born again renaskigxi. Borne portita. Borough urba distrikto. Borrow prunto preni. Bosom brusto. Botany botaniko. Botch (spoil) malbonigi. Both ...
— English-Esperanto Dictionary • John Charles O'Connor and Charles Frederic Hayes

... Apple-tree borer.—This is a fleshy-white grub, found in the trunks of the trees. It enters at the surface of the ground where the bark is tender, and either girdles or thoroughly perforates the tree, causing its death. This is produced by a brown and white ...
— Soil Culture • J. H. Walden

... and two secretaries. Given four, they name a keeper of records, and the office is ready for work; five, they convene a general meeting, and the club is fully constituted. So things were managed in Baltimore. The inventor of a new cannon associated himself with the caster and the borer. Thus was formed the nucleus of the "Gun Club." In a single month after its formation it numbered 1,833 effective members and 30,565 ...
— Jules Verne's Classic Books • Jules Verne



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