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bastard cut

British

adjective

mechanical engineering (of a file) having medium teeth; intermediate between a coarse cut and a fine cut

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bastard cut

Rough files are more suitable for soft metals, the bastard cut being usually employed upon wrought iron, cast iron, and steel by the machinist.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

The different kinds of files are described as roughs, bastard cut, second cut, smooth, and dead smooth; besides an extraordinary heavy sort, known as rubbers.

From A Month in Yorkshire by White, Walter

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