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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Borer | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for Borer | |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Borer \Bor"er\, n. 1. One that bores; an instrument for boring. 2. (Zo[94]l.) (a) A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus {Teredo} and allies, which burrows in wood. See {Teredo}. (b) Any bivalve mollusk ({Saxicava}, {Lithodomus}, etc.) which bores into limestone and similar substances. (c) One of the larv[91] of many species of insects, which penetrate trees, as the apple, peach, pine, etc. See {Apple borer}, under {Apple}. (d) The hagfish ({Myxine}). | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Hag \Hag\, n. [OE. hagge, hegge, with, hag, AS. h[91]gtesse; akin to OHG. hagazussa, G. hexe, D. heks, Dan. hex, Sw. h[84]xa. The first part of the word is prob. the same as E. haw, hedge, and the orig. meaning was perh., wood woman, wild woman. [?].] 1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also, a wizard. [Obs.] [bd][Silenus] that old hag.[b8] --Golding. 2. An ugly old woman. 3. A fury; a she-monster. --Grashaw. 4. (Zo[94]l.) An eel-like marine marsipobranch ({Myxine glutinosa}), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings. It is the type of the order Hyperotpeta. Called also {hagfish}, {borer}, {slime eel}, {sucker}, and {sleepmarken}. 5. (Zo[94]l.) The hagdon or shearwater. 6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a man's hair. --Blount. {Hag moth} (Zo[94]l.), a moth ({Phobetron pithecium}), the larva of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on fruit trees. {Hag's tooth} (Naut.), an ugly irregularity in the pattern of matting or pointing. | |
