What is a slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach called?
drift — (Mech.) A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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