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3 definitions found 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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