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brace and bit |
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brace and bit a hand tool for boring holes, consisting of a cranked handle into which a drilling bit is inserted brace and bit [¦brās ən ′bit] (design engineering) A small hand tool to which is attached a metal- or wood-boring bit. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| A minute later, his own brace and bit carefully secreted, his hand was descending on the shoulder of a man he could not recognize in the gloom, but who, on his knees and wheezing, was steadily boring into the head of a cask. The porches purchased everything from a brace and bit to a lathe for the new tool-room and put the finishing touches to the dairy. |
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