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English Dictionary: boring bar by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Boring \Bor"ing\, n.
      1. 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.
  
                     One of the most important applications of boring is
                     in the formation of artesian wells.   --Tomlinson.
  
      2. A hole made by boring.
  
      3. pl. The chips or fragments made by boring.
  
      {Boring bar}, a revolving or stationary bar, carrying one or
            more cutting tools for dressing round holes.
  
      {Boring tool} (Metal Working), a cutting tool placed in a
            cutter head to dress round holes. --Knight.
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