1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bore.

2. (n.) The act or process of one who, or that which, bores; as, the boring of cannon; the boring of piles and ship timbers by certain marine mollusks.

3. (n.) A hole made by boring.

4. (n.) The chips or fragments made by boring.

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