They take their flight . . . boring to the west.
Dryden.
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4. (Man.) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air; -- said of a horse. Crabb.
Bore (br), n. 1. A hole made by boring; a perforation.
2. The internal cylindrical cavity of a gun, cannon, pistol, or other firearm, or of a pipe or tube.
The bores of wind instruments.
Bacon.
Love's counselor should fill the bores of hearing.
Shak.
3. The size of a hole; the interior diameter of a tube or gun barrel; the caliber.