BORE, L. foro and perforo, to bore, to perforate Gr. to pierce or transfix also, to pass over, in which sense it coincides with ferry L. veru, from thrusting or piercing, coincide in elements with this root.
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, To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that turns as, this timber does not bore well or is hard to bore.
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, n. The hole made by boring. Hence, the cavity or hollow of a gun, cannon, pistol or other fire-arm the caliber whether formed by boring or not.
1. Any instrument for making holes by boring or turning, as an auger, gimlet or wimble.
BORE, n. A tide, swelling above another tide.
A sudden influx of the tide into a river or narrow strait.
BORE, pret. of bear. See Bear.