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Found 2 hits - Term: drill jig, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
jig \jig\, n. of. gigue a stringed instrument, a kind of dance,
   f. gigue dance, tune, gig; of german origin; cf. mhg.
   gimacge fiddle, g. geige. cf. gig a fiddle, gig a
   whirligig.
   1913 webster
   1. mus. a light, brisk musical movement.
      1913 webster

            hot and hasty, like a scotch jig.     --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. a light, humorous piece of writing, esp. in rhyme; a farce
      in verse; a ballad. obs.
      1913 webster

            a jig shall be clapped at, and every rhyme
            praised and applauded.                --beau.  fl.
      1913 webster

   4. a piece of sport; a trick; a prank. obs.
      1913 webster

            is't not a fine jig,
            a precious cunning, in the late protector? --beau. 
                                                  fl.
      1913 webster

   5. a trolling bait, consisting of a bright spoon and a hook
      attached.
      1913 webster

   6. mach.
      a a small machine or handy tool; esp.: metal working a
          contrivance fastened to or inclosing a piece of work,
          and having hard steel surfaces to guide a tool, as a
          drill, or to form a shield or template to work to, as
          in filing.
      b mining an apparatus or a machine for jigging ore.
          1913 webster

   drill jig, a jig for guiding a drill. see jig, 6
      a .

   jig drilling, jig filing metal working, a process of
      drilling or filing in which the action of the tool is
      directed or limited by a jig.

   jig saw, a sawing machine with a narrow, vertically
      reciprocating saw, used to cut curved and irregular lines,
      or ornamental patterns in openwork, a scroll saw; --
      called also gig saw.
      1913 webster
see also:
gig drill jig jig jig drilling jig filing jig saw 
gig saw 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
drill \drill\, n.
   1. an instrument with an edged or pointed end used for making
      holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with
      its end, by revolving, as in drilling metals, or by a
      succession of blows, as in drilling stone; also, a drill
      press.
      1913 webster

   2. mil. the act or exercise of training soldiers in the
      military art, as in the manual of arms, in the execution
      of evolutions, and the like; hence, diligent and strict
      instruction and exercise in the rudiments and methods of
      any business; a kind or method of military exercises; as,
      infantry drill; battalion drill; artillery drill.
      1913 webster

   3. any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity
      and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in latin
      grammar.
      1913 webster

   4. zool. a marine gastropod, of several species, which
      kills oysters and other bivalves by drilling holes through
      the shell. the most destructive kind is urosalpinx
      cinerea.
      1913 webster

   bow drill, breast drill. see under bow, breast.

   cotter drill, or traverse drill, a machine tool for
      drilling slots.

   diamond drill. see under diamond.

   drill jig. see under jig.

   drill pin, the pin in a lock which enters the hollow stem
      of the key.

   drill sergeant mil., a noncommissioned officer whose
      office it is to instruct soldiers as to their duties, and
      to train them to military exercises and evolutions.

   vertical drill, a drill press.
      1913 webster
see also:
urosalpinx cinerea bow drill breast drill bow breast cotter drill 
traverse drill diamond drill diamond drill jig jig 
drill pin drill sergeant vertical drill 

Results 1 - 9 of 9 found about drill jig:

Drill >> D Words
Drill, definition of term: Drill
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Jig >> J Words
Jig, definition of term: Jig
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Jig Saw >> J Words
Jig Saw, definition of term: Jig Saw
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Drill Press >> D Words
Drill Press, definition of term: Drill Press
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Drill Bit >> D Words
Drill Bit, definition of term: Drill Bit
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Pneumatic Drill >> P Words
Pneumatic Drill, definition of term: Pneumatic Drill
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Fire Drill >> F Words
Fire Drill, definition of term: Fire Drill
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Electric Drill >> E Words
Electric Drill, definition of term: Electric Drill
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Hand Drill >> H Words
Hand Drill, definition of term: Hand Drill
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