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▪ I. bored, ppl. a.1|bɔəd| Also 7 boared. [f. bore v.1 + -ed.] Pierced, perforated; cylindrically hollow. Said of a gun, with modifying words prefixed, as chamber-bored, taper-bored.
1513Douglas æneis iv. Prol. 154 Halding opinioun der of a borit bane. 1578Chr. Prayers in Priv. Prayers (1851) 506 Thou stretchest out thy bored hands. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 473 They also had a care to cover all the floor with..dry boared boards. 1692in Smith's Seaman's Gram. ii. ii. 91 He ought..to know whether truly bored, or taper bored. 1720Pope Iliad vii. 305 From their bored shields the chiefs their javelins drew. 1808J. Barlow Columb. iii. 415 From his bored ears contorted serpents hung. ▪ II. bored, ppl. a.2|bɔəd| [f. bore v.2 + -ed.] Wearied, suffering from ennui.
1823Byron Juan xiii. xcv, Society is now one polished horde, Formed of two mighty tribes, the Bores and Bored. 1861Sala Tw. round Clock 99 He seems the most bored, the most indifferent spectator there. |