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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.
noun
1.
A hole (usually in wood) with the top part enlarged so that a screw or bolt will fit into it and lie below the surface.
2.
A bit for enlarging the upper part of a hole.  Synonyms: counterbore, countersink bit.



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"Countersink" Quotes from Famous Books



... on the shield and mark lightly around the base, remove them and drill three holes for screws. Countersink for the heads on the back of the shield and so fasten the antlers in place. For light horns a brass screw-eye at the top of shield is used to hang them, but heavy moose and elk antlers require an iron plate in back of shield, let in flush across the top of a perpendicular groove ...
— Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit • Albert B. Farnham

... of wood, a 4 by 4 inch studding, four inches long. Get a piece of metal one-half inch thick and two inches square. Have a blacksmith or machinist bore a quarter-inch hole through it in the center and countersink the upper side so it may be securely fastened in a mortise in the block, with its upper side flush with the upper surface of the block. Now, with a file, finish off one edge, going back for a quarter of an inch, the angle at A to be ...
— Carpentry for Boys • J. S. Zerbe



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