Bo*ree" (&?;), n. Same as BourrÉé. [Obs.] Swift.
Bor"el (&?;), n. See Borrel.
Bor"e*le (&?;), n. (Zoöl.) The smaller two-horned rhinoceros of South Africa (Atelodus bicornis).
Bor"er (&?;), n. 1. One that bores; an instrument for boring.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus Teredo and allies, which burrows in wood. See Teredo. (b) Any bivalve mollusk (Saxicava, Lithodomus, etc.) which bores into limestone and similar substances. (c) One of the larvæ of many species of insects, which penetrate trees, as the apple, peach, pine, etc. See Apple borer, under Apple. (d) The hagfish (Myxine).
Bo"ric (&?;), a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, boron.
Boric acid, a white crystalline substance B(OH)3, easily obtained from its salts, and occurring in solution in the hot lagoons of Tuscany.
Bo"ride (&?;), n. (Chem.) A binary compound of boron with a more positive or basic element or radical; -- formerly called boruret.
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.
One of the most important applications of boring is in the formation of artesian wells.
Tomlinson.