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BORE

This article appears in Volume V04, Page 247 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BLA-BOS
BORE , a high tidal wave rushing up a narrow estuary or tidal river. The bore of the Severn is produced by a tide that rises 18 ft. in an hour and a half. This
body
  of water becomes compressed in the narrowing funnel-shaped estuary, and heaped up into an advancing wave extending from bank to bank. The phenomenon is also particularly well illustrated in the Bay of Fundy. The origin of this word is doubtful, but it is usually referred to a Scandinavian word bara, a wave, billow. The other name by which the phenomenon is known, " eagre," is also of unknown origin. There is, of course, no connexion with " bore," to make a hole by piercing or drilling, which is a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. bohren, the Indo-
European
  root being seen in Lat. forare, to
pierce
 , Gr. 4,apos, plough. For the making of deep holes for shafts, wells, &c., see
BORING
 . The substantival use of this word is generally confined to the circular cavity of objects of tubular shape, particularly of a gun, hence the internal
diameter
  of a gun, its " calibre " (see GuN). A " bore " is also a tiresome, wearying person, particularly one who persistently harps on one subject, in or out of season, whatever
interest
  his
audience
  may take in it. This has generally been taken to be merely a metaphorical use of " bore," to
pierce
 . The earliest sense, however, in which it is found in
English
  (1766, in certain letters printed in Jesse's
Life
  of George Selwyn) is that of ennui, and a
French
  origin is suggested. The New
English
  Dictionary conjectures a possible source in Fr. bourrer, to stuff, satiate.


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