Definition of Countersinks

1. Noun. (plural of countersink) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of countersink) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Countersinks

1. countersink [v] - See also: countersink

Lexicographical Neighbors of Countersinks

countershots
countersign
countersignal
countersignals
countersignature
countersignatures
countersigned
countersigning
countersigns
countersing
countersinging
countersings
countersink
countersink bit
countersinking
countersinks (current term)
counterslogan
counterslogans
countersniper
countersnipers
counterspell
counterspells
counterspies
counterspy
counterspying
counterstain
counterstained
counterstaining
counterstains
counterstand

Literary usage of Countersinks

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mechanic's Companion, Or, The Elements and Practice of Carpentry by Peter Nicholson (1845)
"countersinks Are bits for widening the upper part of a hole in wood or iron, for the head of a screw or pin, and have a conical head. ..."

2. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1906)
"Reamers, Chucks, Counterbores, countersinks, Dies, Three and Four Groove Drills, Drills with Oil Holes, Jobbers' Dulls, Letter Drills, Wire Drills, Gauges, ..."

3. The Mechanic's Companion, Or, The Elements and Practice of Carpentry by Peter Nicholson (1842)
"countersinks Are bits for widening the upper part of a hole in wood or iron, for the head of a screw or pin, and have a conical head. ..."

4. The Mechanic's Companion: Or, the Elements and Practice of Carpentry by Peter Nicholson (1832)
"countersinks Are bits for widening the upper part of a hole in wood or iron, for the head of a screw or pin, and have a conical head. ..."

5. Science and Industry (1900)
"In practice, however, by reason of the countersinks, the dead center will not advance this amount; just how far it will advance cannot be determined—it will ..."

6. Rudimentary Dictionary of Terms Used in Architecture, Civil, Architecture by John Weale (1850)
"countersinks for brass have eleven or twelve cutters round the conic surface, ... These are called rose-countersinks. The conic angle at the vertex ..."

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