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Countersink

verb
(past countersank; past part. countersunk; pres. part. countersinking)
1.
Insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink).  Synonym: set.






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"Countersink" Quotes from Famous Books



... happen to need for any special purpose, so that by making these at the time I happen to want a tool that I cannot purchase, I have accumulated quite a variety of odd tools; among them are a varied lot of millers, for milling and raising jewels, and deepening the countersink holes for jewel settings and screw heads, also a tool for holding a roller, to set the jewel pin, and one for holding the hair spring collet, and a pair of tweezers for holding jewels while cleaning, etc., etc. As to lathes, I have found that there is a necessity of ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888 • Various



Words linked to "Countersink" :   counterbore, countersink bit, bit, set, sink, bury, hole



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