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Countersink

verb
(past countersank; past part. countersunk; pres. part. countersinking)
1.
Insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink).  Synonym: set.






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"Countersink" Quotes from Famous Books



... amount of carpentry, and in addition to bradawl, screwdriver, and footrule you will need a hard pencil and a carpenter's square, as well as some stout iron screws one inch long. Two screws are sufficient for each strip. If you are anything of a carpenter you will countersink the holes for the heads of the screws; this will also prevent a ...
— The Book-Hunter at Home • P. B. M. Allan



Words linked to "Countersink" :   hole, bury, set, counterbore, sink, bit



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