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Borer

noun

A drill for penetrating rock. Synonyms: bore bit, rock drill, stone drill.

Any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood. Synonym: woodborer.

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"Borer" Quotes from Famous Books

... of a boy is, to me, something fearful. Consider what he can do. You buy and set out a choice pear-tree; you enrich the earth for it; you train and trim it, and vanquish the borer, and watch its slow growth. At length it rewards your care by producing two or three pears, which you cut up and divide in the family, declaring the flavor of the bit you eat to be something extraordinary. The next year, the little tree blossoms full, and ...

— Baddeck and That Sort of Thing • Charles Dudley Warner

... Heartwood and sapwood Weight, density, and specific gravity Color Cross grain Knots Frost splits Shakes, galls, pitch pockets Insect injuries Marine wood-borer injuries Fungous injuries Parasitic plant injuries Locality of growth Season of cutting Water content ...

— The Mechanical Properties of Wood • Samuel J. Record

Words linked to "Borer" : invertebrate, cross bit, straight-fluted drill, bore, straight flute, European corn borer moth, drill, star drill