hand drill
noun
a portable drill designed for two-handed operation.
Origin of hand drill
1First recorded in 1760–70
Words Nearby hand drill
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How to use hand drill in a sentence
This tube may be held in an American hand-drill, but a mixture of carborundum or emery and water is supplied to the rotating end.
A Handbook of Laboratory Glass-Blowing | Bernard D. BolasI have a hand drill, and every single day I spend some time just as dad did, collecting specimens.
The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong | Lillian GarisIf you have a brace and a set of bits, or even a small hand-drill, it will be an easy matter to bore holes in wood.
How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus | Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew) St. JohnA hole is drilled through each unit of the design by means of a hand drill, a jewellers' saw inserted, and the design cut.
The Library of Work and Play: Home Decoration | Charles Franklin WarnerThe peg may be turned up or whittled out with a pocket knife and the hole bored with a hand drill.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | Various
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