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Definition of Centre bit
1. Noun. A bit with a sharp center point for guidance and two side cutters.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Centre Bit
Literary usage of Centre bit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1878)
"The centre-bit deprived of its chisel-edge, or possessing only the pin and nicker,
... The expanding centre-bit, shown on a much smaller scale in Fig. ..."
2. The Mechanic's Companion, Or, The Elements and Practice of Carpentry by Peter Nicholson (1845)
"The centre bit la constructed with a projecting conical point nearly in the middle,
... The use of the centre bit is to form a cylindric excavation, ..."
3. The Mechanic's Companion, Or, The Elements and Practice of Carpentry by Peter Nicholson (1842)
"The centre bit Is constructed with a projecting conical point nearly in the middle,
... The use of the centre bit is to form a cylindric excavation, ..."
4. Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture, Civil, Architecture by John Weale (1850)
"Centre, in a general sense, denotes a point equally remote from the extremes of
a line, surface, or solid: the word signifies a point Centre-bit, in joinery ..."
5. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1869)
"434, is another typical form, in which the end is flat, provided with a centre
point or pin, filed triangularly, which serves as a guide; tho centre-bit has ..."
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