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Bores Informally Crossword Clue

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noun

• flowing in drops; the formation and falling of drops of liquid

• the sound of a liquid falling drop by drop

• (architecture) a projection from a cornice or sill designed to protect the area below from rainwater (as over a window or doorway)

verb

• fall in drops

• let or cause to fall in drops

28%10 Unit used to measure the diameter of shotgun bores
noun

• a grain of barley

• a grain of barley

28%5 Insect that bores into plants
noun

• a drill for penetrating rock

• any of various insects or larvae or mollusks that bore into wood

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