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single-cut file

British  

noun

  1. a file with teeth in one direction only: used for filing soft material

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The work is rotated considerably faster for filing than for turning, and the entire surface is filed by a flat, single-cut file, held as shown in Fig.

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The "mill file," a very common form, is a flat, tapered, single-cut file.

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