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Bear''s-foot :: Bear's-foot (n.) A species of hellebore (Helleborus foetidus), with digitate leaves. It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic..

Shotgun :: Shotgun (n.) A light, smooth-bored gun, often double-barreled, especially designed for firing small shot at short range, and killing small game..

Horntail :: Horntail (n.) Any one of family (Uroceridae) of large hymenopterous insects, allied to the sawflies. The larvae bore in the wood of trees. So called from the long, stout ovipositors of the females..

Forbore :: Forbore () imp. of Forbear.

Harbored :: Harbored (imp. & p. p.) of Harbo.

Xylophagan :: Xylophagan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles whose larvae bore or live in wood.

Armiger :: Armiger (n.) Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. The term is now superseded by esquire..

Borer :: Borer (n.) The hagfish (Myxine).

Bore :: Bore (v. t.) To form or enlarge by means of a boring instrument or apparatus; as, to bore a steam cylinder or a gun barrel; to bore a hole..

Sloth :: Sloth (n.) Any one of several species of arboreal edentates constituting the family Bradypodidae, and the suborder Tardigrada. They have long exserted limbs and long prehensile claws. Both jaws are furnished with teeth (see Illust. of Edentata), and the ears and tail are rudimentary. They inhabit South and Central America and Mexico..

Xylophaga :: Xylophaga (n.) A genus of marine bivalves which bore holes in wood. They are allied to Pholas.

Teredine :: Teredine (n.) A borer; the teredo.

Conversion :: Conversion (n.) A change of character or use, as of smoothbore guns into rifles..

Arboreal :: Arboreal (a.) Of or pertaining to a tree, or to trees; of nature of trees..

Thirl :: Thirl (v. t.) To bore; to drill or thrill. See Thrill.

Borel :: Borel (n.) See Borrel.

Boomdas :: Boomdas (n.) A small African hyracoid mammal (Dendrohyrax arboreus) resembling the daman.

Doughbird :: Doughbird (n.) The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis). See Curlew.

Borer :: Borer (n.) A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus Teredo and allies, which burrows in wood. See Teredo..

Bare :: Bare () Bore; the old preterit of Bear, v..

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