round file

British  

noun

1. a wastepaper basket

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verb

1. (tr) to throw into a wastepaper basket; discard; reject

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round file

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

Each mouth of each bottle must be fitted with a cork, having a hole made with a round file of a proper size for containing the tube.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine

Then file carefully with a round file, just not cutting the scratch.

From Things To Make by Williams, Archibald

A piece of tin or sheet metal is shaped over a round file as shown in Fig.

From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.

For very accurate work it is sometimes desirable to grind on a round file, a flat place forming a safe edge.

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