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- verb Present participle of
rebore .
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Examples
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As for the reboring of the barrel, couldn't the barrel be rebored and then chrome lined?
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As for the reboring of the barrel, couldn't the barrel be rebored and then chrome lined?
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Ammunition, guns, gun oil and cloth, the cylinder on the little reboring thing in Tucker wagon ... shark guns and tools to maintain them.
Destiny's Road Niven, Larry 1997
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Even when pure water is used, the cylinders wear to such an extent as to produce leakage and to require reboring.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 Various
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Figs. 8 and 9 show the method of machining the cylinders and pistons, the whole of which can be done by ordinary lathes, which is evidently a great advantage in the event of reboring, etc., being required in the colonies or other countries where special tools are inaccessible.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 Various
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I have tried reboring the hole but it, too, ended up as ragged as the first, now very much smaller, hole.
Army Rumour Service 2010
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