coring

The coring mechanism had unfortunately ground the fragile rock into a powder, which fell back onto the ground near the drilling hole.

The only way to actually know the age is by coring, which involves twisting a hollowed hand-drill, known as an increment borer, into the center of the tree in order to extract a sample.

With every "this" he had illustrated the virtues of his wares by slicing potatoes, coring apples, opening bottles and cans, etc.

That lady was making preserves, for which Lucy had been kept since early morning paring and coring apples and stoning plums.

Peel the oranges and the apples, cut them across in thin slices, coring the apples and removing the pips from the oranges.

All the mysteries of vents, and false coring when necessary, can only be understood by practical familiarity with founding.

Wash the apples; cut them in pieces without peeling or coring, but remove any imperfect parts.