borings

Noun

boring (countable and uncountable, plural borings)

1. The act or process of boring holes; such practice as an area of expertise in manufacturing.
   • A warm, soft, tender, sweet sensation. It's much like anesthesia– And mysteriously, my trembling gradually starts to lessen. Her faint breaths tickle my cheek. A very sweet scent. I abruptly feel a pressure against my chest. The great sword she carries is tearing the skin of my chest, boring into...2008, Hayashi Naotaka, “Prologue”, in Chaos;Head
   1. Enlarging an existing hole with a single-point cutting tool or a boring head (usually with high precision and accuracy regarding the roundness and size of the hole).
      • turning and boring
   2. (especially) Drilling.
   3. (Australia) The act of drilling a well into an artesian basin.
      • And Dan indignantly waved his long, brown arm over the plant, which consisted of the engine, the boring apparatus, and a dilapidated spring-cartthat was pulled by a lean, lonely-looking horse[.]1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 1
2. A pit or hole which has been bored.
   • It is common in urban areas that a great many borings exist from prior construction work.1992, J. Patrick Powers, Construction dewatering: new methods and applications, page 191
3. (plural-normally) One of the fragments thrown up when something is bored or drilled.

   Synonyms:

   chip, swarf

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