bore

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English *bore, bare, a borrowing from Old Norse bára (“billow, wave”), from Proto-Germanic *bērō (“that which bears or carries”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear”). Cognate with Icelandic bára (“billow, wave”), Faroese bára (“billow, wave”). Doublet of bier.

1. A sudden and rapid flow of tide occurring in certain rivers and estuaries which rolls up as a wave.

   “In another moment a huge wave, like a muddy tidal bore, but almost scaldingly hot, came sweeping round the bend up-stream.”

verb

1. simple past of bear
2. past participle of bear

   “Q. When the Fireſhip appeared to be going down towards the Real, do you think that the Dorſetſhire could have bore down in Time, to have covered and aſſiſted her?”

   “[…] by altering their course a very little, and easily have bore down abreast of our settlement, without incurring the smallest risk!”

3. simple past of bare