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brace and bit

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brace and bit
n
(Engineering / Tools) a hand tool for boring holes, consisting of a cranked handle into which a drilling bit is inserted
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Noun1.brace and bit - a drill consisting of a bit and a brace to hold and turn it
bitstock, brace - a carpenter's tool having a crank handle for turning and a socket to hold a bit for boring
drill - a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)
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brace and bit n → trapano a manubrio
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A minute later, his own brace and bit carefully secreted, his hand was descending on the shoulder of a man he could not recognize in the gloom, but who, on his knees and wheezing, was steadily boring into the head of a cask.
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The porches purchased everything from a brace and bit to a lathe for the new tool-room and put the finishing touches to the dairy.
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