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  • 101bored vs boring —   bored is an adjective that describes when someone feels tired and unhappy because something is not interesting or because they have nothing to do.   For example: She was so bored that she fell asleep.   boring is an adjective that means… …

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  • 102bored vs boring —   bored is an adjective that describes when someone feels tired and unhappy because something is not interesting or because they have nothing to do.   For example: She was so bored that she fell asleep.   boring is an adjective that means… …

    English dictionary of common mistakes and confusing words

  • 103Turning and boring mill — Turning Turn ing, n. 1. The act of one who, or that which, turns; also, a winding; a bending course; a fiexure; a meander. [1913 Webster] Through paths and turnings often trod by day. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. The place of a turn; an angle or… …

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  • 104Well boring — Well Well, n. [OE. welle, AS. wella, wylla, from weallan to well up, surge, boil; akin to D. wel a spring or fountain. ????. See {Well}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. An issue of water from the earth; a spring; a fountain. [1913 Webster] Begin, then,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 105The Boring Report — is a four part series originally broadcast on Melbourne s Channel 31. It is a programme that supports intellectual humour, with elements of traditional English humour and some fart humour. External links* [http://www.theboringreport.com/ The… …

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  • 106Microtunnel boring machine — Microtunnel Boring Machines (MTBM) are used for microtunneling.They are very similar to tunnel boring machines but on a smaller scale. These machines generally vary from 24” to 60” but smaller and larger machines have existed. The main… …

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  • 107wood-boring — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective : excavating galleries in wood in feeding or in constructing a nest wood boring worms had eaten many of … the boxes David Masters * * * woodˈ boring adjective • • • Main Entry: ↑wood …

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  • 108Alice Middleton Boring — (born February 22, 1883 in Philadelphia; died September 18, 1955 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American biologist and zoologist. Biography She studied at Bryn Mawr College where she received her Bachelor of Arts in 1904 and her Ph.D in 1910 …

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  • 109Jig boring — Jig boring. См. Сверление с зажимным устройством. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …

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  • 110metallic wood-boring beetle — any of numerous metallic green, blue, copper, or black beetles of the family Buprestidae, the larvae of which bore into the wood of trees. * * * ▪ insect also called  Jewel Beetle,         any of some 15,000 species of beetles (insect order… …

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