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Definition of Driftpin
1. n. A smooth drift. See Drift,
Definition of Driftpin
1. a metal rod for securing timbers [n -S]
Medical Definition of Driftpin
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Driftpin
Literary usage of Driftpin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1920)
"In that case, in repairing a dredge whose crane and dipper had become loosened,
the plaintiff, in driving in the driftpin to fasten them, struck it with a ..."
2. The Mechanical Engineering of Steam Power Plants by Frederick Remsen Hutton (1908)
"The driftpin is a tapering pin of hard and tough steel which is used to force and
... If the error in alignment is along the line of the pitch, the driftpin ..."
3. Building Superintendence for Steel Structures: A Practical Work on the by Edgar Stanton Belden (1917)
"In the field work the noles are not likely to come together so well as do the
holes in the shop, and a certain amount of drifting by the use of the driftpin ..."
4. The Examination of Prospects: A Mining Geologyby Charles Godfrey Gunther by Charles Godfrey Gunther (1912)
"In the field work the noles are not likely to come together so well as do the
holes in the shop, and a certain amount of drifting by the use of the driftpin ..."
5. Inspection of the Materials and Workmanship Employed in Construction: A by Austin Thomas Byrne (1898)
"... from the lower side of the punched hole on account of the taper in the hole
and in order that the fin left In punching may be drawn in by the driftpin. ..."
6. Purification of the Washington Water Supply by James McMillan (1903)
"These holes shall then be enlarged by a driftpin while the specimen is cold,
until the holes are ..."
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