whipstock
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of whipstock
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And it is where the "whipstock," a curving drill stem that steals oil from other wells, was long king.
From Time Magazine Archive
The laniards of the shrouds had been cut away on both sides, and the tall and tapering mast was quivering and bending like a whipstock, from the action of the wind and the waves.
From Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale by John Sherburne Sleeper
Jerry gave one terror-stricken look, wound his reins round the whipstock, and, leaping from his seat, disappeared behind a convenient tree.
From The Village Watch-Tower by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
I was a Prince—a baby prince—my doom, You see, I made a whipstock of a wand, My top has henceforth slept in faery land.
From Letters of John Keats to His Family and Friends by John Keats
He looked me in the eye for a moment; then he dropped his gaze, and thrust the whipstock into its socket.
From A Volunteer with Pike The True Narrative of One Dr. John Robinson and of His Love for the Fair Señorita Vallois by Robert Ames Bennet
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