boring tool

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boring tool - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.
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              One of the most important applications of boring is
              in the formation of artesian wells.   --Tomlinson.
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     2. A hole made by boring.
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     3. pl. The chips or fragments made by boring.
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     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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