round file
Britishnoun
verb
Example Sentences
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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.
Make a hole about ¼ in. in diameter through the cork with a small round file, or burn it through with a hot nail.
From How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity by St. John, Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew)
Lubricators.—These are short pieces of tubing hollowed at one end by a round file of the same diameter as the bearings.
From Things To Make by Williams, Archibald
Still this tightness should be at the entrance of the nock, while the bottom of the nock is made a trifle more roomy with a round file.
From Hunting with the Bow and Arrow by Pope, Saxton
Then file carefully with a round file, just not cutting the scratch.
From Things To Make by Williams, Archibald
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