Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An apparatus for measuring the depth of a hole or recess, or the distance from a plain surface to a projecting point.
- noun An attachment to a drill or other boring-tool so adjusted that when the desired depth has been reached a rod rests on the surface of the work and prevents the cutter from entering farther.
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They could hardly realize it, yet the depth-gage told the story.
Tom Swift and His Submarine Boat, or, under the Ocean for Sunken Treasure Victor [pseud.] Appleton
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_depth-gage_, _F_, adjusted by a screw, and a _slitting cutter_ with stop, a _sliding section_, _B_, with a vertically adjustable bottom, the _auxiliary center bottom_, _C_, to be placed when needed in front of the cutter as an extra support or stop.
Handwork in Wood William Noyes
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