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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Peon :: Peon (n.) A day laborer; a servant; especially, in some of the Spanish American countries, debtor held by his creditor in a form of qualified servitude, to work out a debt..
Roustabout :: Roustabout (n.) A laborer, especially a deck hand, on a river steamboat, who moves the cargo, loads and unloads wood, and the like; in an opprobrious sense, a shiftless vagrant who lives by chance jobs..
Colaborer :: Colaborer (n.) One who labors with another; an associate in labor.
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..
Buprestidan :: Buprestidan (n.) One of a tribe of beetles, of the genus Buprestis and allied genera, usually with brilliant metallic colors. The larvae are usually borers in timber, or beneath bark, and are often very destructive to trees..
Taborer :: Taborer (n.) One who plays on the tabor.
Tabrere :: Tabrere (n.) A taborer.
Borer :: Borer (n.) A marine, bivalve mollusk, of the genus Teredo and allies, which burrows in wood. See Teredo..
Laborer :: Laborer (n.) One who labors in a toilsome occupation; a person who does work that requires strength rather than skill, as distinguished from that of an artisan..
Longshoreman :: Longshoreman (n.) One of a class of laborers employed about the wharves of a seaport, especially in loading and unloading vessels..
Tasker :: Tasker (n.) A laborer who receives his wages in kind.
Worker :: Worker (n.) One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass..
Terrier :: Terrier (n.) An auger or borer.
Workman :: Workman (n.) Hence, especially, a skillful artificer or laborer..
Harborer :: Harborer (n.) One who, or that which, harbors..
Work :: Work (n.) To carry on business; to be engaged or employed customarily; to perform the part of a laborer; to labor; to toil.
Lumper :: Lumper (n.) A laborer who is employed to load or unload vessels when in harbor.
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..
Smock Frock :: Smock frock () A coarse frock, or shirt, worn over the other dress, as by farm laborers..
Hard-fisted :: Hard-fisted (a.) Having hard or strong hands; as, a hard-fisted laborer..
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