twist drill
a drill with one or more deep helical grooves in the body.
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How to use twist drill in a sentence
Instead of using an ordinary twist drill, a special hollow drill may be obtained from the Universal Battery Co.
The Automobile Storage Battery | O. A. WitteHe had decided to tell of the lunch-box and twist drill episode, but to say nothing, for the present, of the strange white fire.
White Fire | Roy J. Snelltwist drill bits will bore both wood and iron, and they are not expensive up to three-eighths inch or one-half inch.
Farm Mechanics | Herbert A. ShearerThis drill will go through a wall almost as quickly as a twist drill and with much less labour.
The Library of Work and Play: Working in Metals | Charles Conrad SleffelBore it with a twist drill, or nosebit, to the depth of an inch and a half.
The Pyrotechnist's Treasury | Thomas Kentish
British Dictionary definitions for twist drill
a drill bit having two helical grooves running from the point along the shank to clear swarf and cuttings
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