Source : Wright, Joseph English Dialect Dictionary

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BORE, sb.1 Var. dial. uses in Sc. and Eng. Also
written boir, bor (Jam.).
1. A crevice, chink, a hole.
Sc. I have been fain to draw my sword-belt three bores tighter,
Scott Leg. Mont. (1830) iii; Frae ilkae bore o' the cradle, The red
blood out sprang, Jamieson Pop. Ballads (1806) I. 178. Abd.
They winna miss a hole or bore, Shirrefs Poems (1790) 347; He
staps wi' strae ilk navus bore, Beatties Parings (1803) 24, ed.
1873. Kcd. Helter-skelter gush'd the spate Through ilka hole an'
bore, Grant Lays (1884) 7. Ayr. Thro' ilka bore the beams were
glancing, Burns Tam o' Shanter (1790) st. 10.
2. An opening or break in the clouds. Also used fig.
Sc. It was the first blue bore that did appear in our cloudy sky,
Baillie Lett. (1775) I. 171 (Jam.). nw.Abd. The mist's gyaan
aff the Tap o' Noth, An' there's some bores o' blue, Goodwife
(1867) st. 46.
3. In phr. (1) to take in or up a bore, to reform, turn over
a new leaf; (2) to wick a bore, in curling or cricket: to
drive a stone or ball through an opening between two
guards or fielders.
(1) Rnf. (Jam.) (2) Sc. s.v. Wick (Jam.). Ayr. He was the King
o' a' the Core, To guard, or draw, or wick a bore, Burns Tam
Samson (1787) st. 5.
4. An iron mould in which nails are manufactured.
Stf.2 Shr. Bound Prov. (1876); Shr.2
5. Comp. (1) Bore-hole, a hole bored in the ground with
iron rods to prove the nature of the strata; (2) Bore-iron, an
instrument for boring holes; (3) Bore-man, one who swings
the heavy hammer at an anvil; (4) Bore-passer, a gimlet;
(5) Bore-rod, an iron rod used for ascertaining the nature of
strata before sinking a pit; (6) Bore-shore, a hurdle-stake.
(1) Nhb., Dur. About three inches diameter for a borehole is
sufficient, Compleat Collier (1708) 3. (2) Bnff. (W.G.) (3) Elg. A
smiddy boreman though ye be, Tester Poems (1865) 120. (4)
Shr.1 (5) Nhb.1 The rods are screwed together in lengths, the
end piece faced with a cutting chisel. Nhb., Dur. We have two
labourers at a time at the handle of the bore rod, Compleat
Collier (1708) 2; Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (1849). (6) Wil. Slow
Gl. (1892); Wil.1 Boreshore is a kind of hurdle stake which can
be used in soft ground without an iron pitching bar being
required to bore the hole first for it.

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BORE, sb.2 Wor. Glo. Som. The tidal wave in some
rivers, esp. the Severn and Parrett.
s.Wor.1 Also called Flood's-head. Glo. (A.B.); Baylis Illus.
Dial. (1870). Som. W. & J. Gl. (1873); Jennings Dial. w.Eng.
(1869).
[Prob. the same word as ME. bare, a wave, billow. Sebare
betes on schip-bord, Metr. Hom. (c. 1325), in Spec.
E. E. II. 90. ON. bāra, a wave.]

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BORE, v. Sc. Nhb. Dur. Cum. Yks. Lan. Stf. Also
Som. Colon. Written boor Nhb.1 [boə·(r).]
1. To pierce, make a hole, penetrate. Also used fig.
Sc. Women that hae been doing naething a' the livelong day,
but... boring at a clout, Scott Blk. Dwarf (1816) iii. Nhb.1
Nhb., Dur. Greenwell Coal Tr. Gl. (1849). Cum. Her een they
bwor'd a body through, Gilpin Sngs. (1866) 337. Yks. Their
ears were not right bored [were untuneable], N. & Q. (1854)
1st S. x. 210. w.Yks. The sun bores (S.O.A.).
Hence (1) Borer, sb. one whose business it is to ascertain
the nature of strata by boring; (2) Boring-box, sb. a
wooden box at the top of a hole, a little larger than the
hole, which serves to direct the rods in boring; (3)
Boring-gear, sb. the tools used in boring by hand.
Nhb., Dur. Nicholson Coal Tr. Gl. (1888).
2. Phr. (1) to bore one's eyes out, to tire the eyes, as by
overmuch reading; (2) to get bored for the sturdy, used in
expressing contempt for another man's brains.
(1) Stf.2 (2) Nhb.1 Gan away an get boored for the sturdy.
The ‘sturdy’ is a disease in sheep which affects the head.
3. Of a horse: to rush straight on with the head down
and the bit between his teeth.
w.Som.1 [Aus., N.S.W. I couldn't stop the brute; she was
boring like a wild bull, Boldrewood Robbery (1888) I. x.]
Hence Borer, sb. a horse that rushes straight on with
head down. w.Som.1
4. To swagger about.
Lan. If yon isno' James o' Joe's borin about in a suit o' clooas
made out of a green bed-quilt, Brierley Waverlow (1863) 98, ed.
1884. [Not known to our correspondents.]
[3. A horse is said to boar or bore when he shoots out
his nose as high as he can, Bailey (1755).]

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BORE, sb. Sh.I. A teat.
A'm no able... ta tak a sipe o' mylk frae da bores o' da bess
[cows], Sh. News (Aug. 4, 1897).