Bore | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Bōre, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [imp. & p. p. BORED; p. pr. & vb. n. BORING.] [A-S. borian, Icel. & Sw. bora, Dan. bore, D. boren, O. H. Ger. poran, porôn, N. H. Ger. bohren, allied to Lat. forare.] 1. To perforate or penetrate, as a solid body, by turning an auger, gimlet, or other instrument. Hence, to make hollow; to form a round hole in; to pierce; as, to bore a cannon. “Earth may be bored.” Shak. Now the ship boring the moon with her mainmast. Shak.

To weary by tedious iteration or by dullness; to trouble; to vex. “He bores me with some trick.” Shak.
To befool; to trick. [Obs. and rare.]

I am abused, betrayed; I am laughed at, scorned, Baffled and bored, it seems. Beau. & Fl.

Bōre, v. i.

verbintransitive

To pierce or enter by boring; as, an auger bores well.
To be pierced or penetrated by an instrument that turns; as, this timber does not bore well, or is hard to bore.
To push forward. [Obs.] “Boring to the west.” Dryden.
(Man.) To carry the nose to the ground;— said of a horse.

Bōre, n.

noun

n. 1. The hole made by boring; hence the cavity or hollow of a gun, cannon, pistol, or other firearm; the size of the cavity; the caliber, whether formed by boring or not. “The bores of wind instruments.” Bacon. “An auger's bore.” Shak. Love's counselor should fill the bores of hearing. Shak. 2. A person or thing that wearies by ceaseless repetition, dullness, or stupidity.

Bōre, n.

noun

n. [M. & N. H. Ger. bor, O. H. Ger. por, height, top, from O. H. Ger. burjan, purijan, poran, to erect, ascend. Cf. Icel. byrja, to begin, A-S. byrjan, to touch, ābyrjan, to attain; allied to A-S. beran, beor-an, Eng. to bear.] (Physical Geog.) (a.) A tidal flood of great height and force formed at the mouths of some rivers, where, owing to obstructions by bars and the form of the channel, the whole of the flow, after being detained, comes in in one rush of waters, or in two or three successive waves, as at the mouth of the Amazon, in South America, the Hoogly and Indus, in India, and the Tsien-tang, in China. (b.) Less properly, a very high and rapid tidal flow, when not so abrupt, such as occurs at the Bay of Fundy and British Channel. Dana.

Bōre, imp.

past tense

imp. of bear. See BEAR.