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Aiguille
noun · 78% connection
An instrument for boring holes, used in blasting.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, boring, holes, turned, handle.
Awl
noun · 78% connection
A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, boring, holes, turned, handle.
Axe
noun · 78% connection
A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, e…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, boring, holes, turned, handle.
Bassoon
noun · 78% connection
A wind instrument of the double reed kind, furnished with holes, which are stopped by the fingers, and by keys, as in flutes. It forms…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, boring, holes, turned, handle.
Billhook
noun · 78% connection
A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning hedges, etc. When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a hand bill;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, boring, holes, turned, handle.
Bit
verb · 78% connection
A tool for boring, of various forms and sizes, usually turned by means of a brace or bitstock. See Bitstock.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, boring, holes, turned, handle.
Bore
verb · 78% connection
To make a hole or perforation with, or as with, a boring instrument; to cut a circular hole by the rotary motion of a tool; as, to bor…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, boring, holes, turned, handle.
Borer
noun · 78% connection
One that bores; an instrument for boring.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, boring, holes, turned, handle.
Boring
noun · 78% connection
The act or process of one who, or that which, bores; as, the boring of cannon; the boring of piles and ship timbers by certain marine…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, boring, holes, turned, handle.
Broach
noun · 78% connection
A tool of steel, generally tapering, and of a polygonal form, with from four to eight cutting edges, for smoothing or enlarging holes…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, boring, holes, turned, handle.
Bushing
noun · 78% connection
The operation of fitting bushes, or linings, into holes or places where wear is to be received, or friction diminished, as pivot holes…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, boring, holes, turned, handle.
Centrebit
noun · 78% connection
An instrument turning on a center, for boring holes. See Bit, n., 3.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, boring, holes, turned, handle.
Contourne'
adjective · 78% connection
Turned in a direction which is not the usual one; -- said of an animal turned to the sinister which is usually turned to the dexter, o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, boring, holes, turned, handle.
Eyeleteer
noun · 78% connection
A small, sharp-pointed instrument used in piercing eyelet holes; a stiletto.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, boring, holes, turned, handle.
Flute
verb · 78% connection
A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with holes along its length, stopped by the fingers or by keys whi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, boring, holes, turned, handle.
Gouge
noun · 78% connection
A chisel, with a hollow or semicylindrical blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.; a similar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, boring, holes, turned, handle.
Hilt
noun · 78% connection
A handle; especially, the handle of a sword, dagger, or the like.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, boring, holes, turned, handle.
Hornpipe
noun · 78% connection
An instrument of music formerly popular in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was so called because the b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, boring, holes, turned, handle.
