bore+through

  • 121þurhsmúgan — sv/t2 3rd pres þurhsmýgð past þurhsméag/þurhsmugon ptp þurhsmogen of movement (lit or fig), to creep through, move slowly through; to go carefully through a subject, go over the details; to pierce, bore through, investigate, think out …

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  • 122pierce — v. 1 tr. a (of a sharp instrument etc.) penetrate the surface of. b (often foll. by with) prick with a sharp instrument, esp. to make a hole in. c make (a hole etc.) (pierced a hole in the belt). d (of cold, grief, etc.) affect keenly or sharply …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 123Pierce — v. 1 tr. a (of a sharp instrument etc.) penetrate the surface of. b (often foll. by with) prick with a sharp instrument, esp. to make a hole in. c make (a hole etc.) (pierced a hole in the belt). d (of cold, grief, etc.) affect keenly or sharply …

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  • 124toreutics — noun plural but singular in construction Etymology: toreutic, adjective, from Greek toreutikos, from toreuein to bore through, chase, from toreus boring tool; akin to Greek tetrainein to bore more at throw Date: 1847 the art or process of working …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 125Piri Wiri Tua Movement — is a Māori political party in New Zealand and is based around the Ratana movement. The name Piri Wiri Tua was sometimes used by the religion s founder, Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana, and means The Campaigner . A literal translation is Billy Bore… …

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  • 126primitive weevil — ▪ insect also known as  straight snouted weevils,        any of approximately 2,000 species of beetles related to the weevil family Curculionidae (insect order Coleoptera) that are predominantly tropical, although some species occur in temperate… …

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  • 127Coleophora machinopis — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta …

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  • 128trepan — i, o (G). Bore, bore through …

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