blade bit

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blade bit - a drilling bit with cutting edges usually hardened against wear

fishtail bit

drill bit, drilling bit - a bit used in drilling for oil

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The parang of the Dyak who sought Professor Maxon's life was already falling as a mighty hand grasped the wrist of the head hunter; but even then it was too late to more than lessen the weight of the blow, and the sharp edge of the blade bit deep into the forehead of the white man.

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Most all of these early cutters were turned with a hand crank aided by a heavy flywheel to maintain motion while the blade bit through the fodder.

Great minds think alike: has anyone ever heard of a hackselmaschine or a schneidelade? How about a straw chopper or a fodder cutter?

Cardiff Crown Court was told that 12-year-old Bethan Cutajar was walking through Barry, south Wales, with a friend in January when a Rottweiler called Blade bit her leg.