I'll believe as soon this whole earth may be bored.
--Shak.
2. To form or enlarge by means of a boring instrument or
apparatus; as, to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel;
to bore a hole.
Short but very powerful jaws, by means whereof the
insect can bore, as with a centerbit, a cylindrical
passage through the most solid wood. --T. W.
Harris.
3. To make (a passage) by laborious effort, as in boring; as,
to bore one's way through a crowd; to force a narrow and
difficult passage through. ``What bustling crowds I
bored.'' --Gay.
4. To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness; to tire; to
trouble; to vex; to annoy; to pester.
He bores me with some trick. --Shak.
Used to come and bore me at rare intervals.
--Carlyle.
5. To befool; to trick. [Obs.]
I am abused, betrayed; I am laughed at, scorned,
Baffled and bored, it seems. --Beau. & Fl.
One of the most important applications of boring is
in the formation of artesian wells. --Tomlinson.
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.