blunt file

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Noun1.blunt file - a file with parallel edges
file - a steel hand tool with small sharp teeth on some or all of its surfaces; used for smoothing wood or metal
taper file - a file with converging edges
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"Inaugural Address." In Warrine Eastburn, "Miss Katharine Blunt Biographical Material." Katharine Blunt File, CCA.
"Address at Connecticut College for Women's Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Celebration." In Warrine Eastburn, "Miss Katharine Blunt Biographical Material." Katharine Blunt File, CCA.
Did the women's colleges founded in the progressive era represent a new model? Connecticut College for Women as a case study
As their names imply, taper files taper from shoulder to point while blunt files are the same width for the entire length.
Miscellaneous hand tools
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