Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
core-borer .
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Examples
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Taking a core-drill sample of limestone below a fault surface in the northern necropolis
Interactive Dig Sagalassos 2003 - Seismological Studies Report 2 2003
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Among the prospectors was one, Tom Connor, who, having had experience in the lead-mines of Missouri, proposed to adopt one of the methods of prospecting in use in that country, to wit, the core-drill.
The Boys of Crawford's Basin The Story of a Mountain Ranch in the Early Days of Colorado Chase [Illustrator] Emerson 1887
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Very reluctantly my father consented -- for what did he want with a one-third share in a core-drill?
The Boys of Crawford's Basin The Story of a Mountain Ranch in the Early Days of Colorado Chase [Illustrator] Emerson 1887
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But to procure and operate a core-drill required money, and this Tom Connor had not.
The Boys of Crawford's Basin The Story of a Mountain Ranch in the Early Days of Colorado Chase [Illustrator] Emerson 1887
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Art vs Science's self-titled EP will core-drill itself into you mind and possess it with its hooky take on rock-infused, French electronica.
Day in Rock Report 2009
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