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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In block-making, a bit similar to a gouge-bit, having a cutting edge on one side of its end.
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ruzuzu commented on the word nose-bit
"In block-making, a bit similar to a gouge-bit, having a cutting edge on one side of its end. Also called slit-nose bit, shell-auger, and pump-bit, because used to bore out timbers for pump-stocks or wooden pipes."
--Century Dictionary
October 5, 2010