round file
Britishnoun
verb
Example Sentences
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A very small, round file should now be used carefully with the run of the fingerboard, or the strings when wound up will look as if pulled aside out of the straight line.
From The Repairing & Restoration of Violins 'The Strad' Library, No. XII. by Petherick, Horace
A round file should always be a little smaller at its greatest diameter than the hole in the work.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
After this is done, take a small half round file and smooth the edges into shape and good form.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
Then file carefully with a round file, just not cutting the scratch.
From Things To Make by Williams, Archibald
A hole bored may be readily enlarged by a round file.
From One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed by Bogardus, C. A.
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