Definition of borer

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Borer (n.) Any bivalve mollusk (Saxicava, Lithodomus, etc.) which bores into limestone and similar substances..

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Coolie :: Coolie (n.) An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country..
Teredine :: Teredine (n.) A borer; the teredo.
Inclusa :: Inclusa (n. pl.) A tribe of bivalve mollusks, characterized by the closed state of the mantle which envelops the body. The ship borer (Teredo navalis) is an example..
Nonagrian :: Nonagrian (n.) Any moth of the genus Nonagria and allied genera, as the spindleworm and stalk borer..
Tasker :: Tasker (n.) A laborer who receives his wages in kind.
Tapper :: Tapper (n.) The lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor); -- called also tapperer, tabberer, little wood pie, barred woodpecker, wood tapper, hickwall, and pump borer..
Borer :: Borer (n.) A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus Teredo and allies, which burrows in wood. See Teredo..
Rancho :: Rancho (n.) A rude hut, as of posts, covered with branches or thatch, where herdsmen or farm laborers may live or lodge at night..
Swinney :: Swinker (n.) A laborer.
Plantation :: Plantation (n.) The place planted; land brought under cultivation; a piece of ground planted with trees or useful plants; esp., in the United States and West Indies, a large estate appropriated to the production of the more important crops, and cultivated by laborers who live on the estate; as, a cotton plantation; a coffee plantation..
Work :: Work (n.) To carry on business; to be engaged or employed customarily; to perform the part of a laborer; to labor; to toil.
Ranchman :: Ranchman (n.) An owner or occupant of, or laborer on, a ranch; a herdsman..
Worker :: Worker (n.) One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass..
Colaborer :: Colaborer (n.) One who labors with another; an associate in labor.
Hand :: Hand (n.) An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking..
Tool :: Tool (n.) An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work..
Ploughman :: Ploughman (n.) A rustic; a countryman; a field laborer.
Gaffer :: Gaffer (n.) A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers.
Clearwing :: Clearwing (n.) A lepidopterous insect with partially transparent wings, of the family Aegeriadae, of which the currant and peach-tree borers are examples..
Compensate :: Compensate (v. t.) To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompense; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses..
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