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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Borer \Bor"er\, n.
1. One that bores; an instrument for boring.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
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 larv[ae] of many species of insects, which
penetrate trees, as the apple, peach, pine, etc See
{Apple borer}, under {Apple}.
d The hagfish ({Myxine}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Hag \Hag\, n. [OE. hagge, hegge, with hag, AS h[ae]gtesse;
akin to OHG. hagazussa G. hexe, D. heks, Dan. hex, Sw
h["a]xa. The first part of the word is prob. the same as E.
haw, hedge, and the orig. meaning was perh., wood woman, wild
woman. ?.]
1. A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; also a wizard. [Obs.]
``[Silenus] that old hag.'' --Golding.
2. An ugly old woman.
3. A fury; a she-monster. --Grashaw.
4. (Zo["o]l.) An eel-like marine marsipobranch ({Myxine
glutinosa}), allied to the lamprey. It has a suctorial
mouth, with labial appendages, and a single pair of gill
openings. It is the type of the order Hyperotpeta. Called
also {hagfish}, {borer}, {slime eel}, {sucker}, and
{sleepmarken}.
5. (Zo["o]l.) The hagdon or shearwater.
6. An appearance of light and fire on a horse's mane or a
man's hair. --Blount.
{Hag moth} (Zo["o]l.), a moth ({Phobetron pithecium}), the
larva of which has curious side appendages, and feeds on
fruit trees.
{Hag's tooth} (Naut.), an ugly irregularity in the pattern of
matting or pointing.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
borer
n 1: a drill for penetrating rock [syn: {bore bit}, {rock drill},
{stone drill}]
2: any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into
wood [syn: {woodborer}]
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