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Fundy. The origin of this word is doubtful, but it is usually referred to a Scandinavian word bara, a wave, billow. The other name by which the phenomenon is known, " See also:

EAGRE (a word of obscure origin; the earliest form seems to be higre, Latinized as higra, which William of Malmesbury gives as the name of the bore in the Severn; the New English Dictionary rejects the usual derivations from the O. Eng. eagor or egor, whi

eagre," is also of unknown origin. There is, of course, no connexion with " bore," to make a hole by piercing or drilling, which is a See also:

COMMON

common See also:

Teutonic word, cf. Ger. bohren, the Indo-See also:

EUROPEAN

European See also:

root being seen in See also:

Lat. forare, to See also:

PIERCE, FRANKLIN (1804—1869)

pierce, Gr. 4,apos, plough. For the making of deep holes for shafts, See also:

wells, &c., see See also:

BORING

BORING. The substantival use of this word is generally confined to the circular cavity of See also:

OBJECTS

objects of tubular shape, particularly of a See also:

gun, hence the See also:

INTERNAL

internal See also:

DIAMETER (from the Cr. &a, through, µErpov, measure)

diameter of a gun, its " calibre " (see GuN). A " bore " is also a tiresome, wearying See also:

PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, particularly one who persistently harps on one subject, in or out of See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season, whatever See also:

INTEREST

interest his See also:

AUDIENCE (from Lat. audire, to hear)

audience may take in it.

This has generally been taken to be merely a metaphorical use of " bore," to pierce. The earliest sense, however, in which it is found in See also:

ENGLISH

English (1766, in certain letters printed in See also:

Jesse's See also:

LIFE

Life of See also:

George See also:

Selwyn) is that of ennui, and a See also:

French origin is suggested. The New English See also:

DICTIONARY

Dictionary conjectures a possible source in Fr. bourrer, to stuff, satiate.

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