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twist drill
noun
, Machinery.
- a drill with one or more deep helical grooves in the body.
twist drill
noun
- a drill bit having two helical grooves running from the point along the shank to clear swarf and cuttings
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Word History and Origins
Origin of twist drill1
First recorded in 1870–75
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Example Sentences
Instead of using an ordinary twist drill, a special hollow drill may be obtained from the Universal Battery Co.
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He had decided to tell of the lunch-box and twist drill episode, but to say nothing, for the present, of the strange white fire.
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Twist drill bits will bore both wood and iron, and they are not expensive up to three-eighths inch or one-half inch.
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This drill will go through a wall almost as quickly as a twist drill and with much less labour.
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Bore it with a twist drill, or nosebit, to the depth of an inch and a half.
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