Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A method of sinking wells by drilling or boring through rock, these wells often extending to a great depth. Percussion drilling is most used for this purpose. Compare oil-well, oil-derrick, etc.
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Examples
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Chicago and Edmonton, well-boring machinery and ample provisions for a year's stay in the wilderness.
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Experts in well-boring were brought from Africa to help restore the cultivation of the waterless country where the woods had been cut down; and swamps were drained.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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India is eagerly buying American rifles, tools, boots and shoes, while vast regions which depend upon irrigation are becoming interested in American well-boring outfits.
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He was in well-boring or insurance or claim-jumping, or something -- I've forgotten which.
Heart of the West [Annotated] O. Henry 1886
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"For this reason, and also in consequence of the small amount of our planet's internal heat, the water has not undergone chemical change, and mostly lies at great depths; but, of course, well-boring is much easier work than on your world, and I expect our methods are rather in advance of yours.
To Mars via The Moon An Astronomical Story Mark Wicks
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Then turning to the man, she said: "You have done well, Morris; this kind of work you will find more profitable than well-boring.
Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter Lawrence L. Lynch
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