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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
 2. A hole made by boring.
 3. pl. The chips or fragments made by boring.
 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.