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centre bit

noun

  1. a drilling bit with a central projecting point and two side cutters
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

Archaeologists from the programme said the fish counter would have been whittled to shape, then polished - the mouth cut with a saw and the eye inscribed with a centre bit tool or compass.

From BBC

With 11⁄2-in. centre bit drill the holes indicated by b b, right through.

They probed with centre bits and gimlets into every portion of the room.

In the adjoining piece a hole is bored with a centre bit and a slot is cut with an 1⁄8 in. chisel.

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