Word Meanings - DRILLSTOCK - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A contrivance for holding and turning a drill.

• Holdfast
  Something used to secure and hold in place something else, as a long fiat-headed nail, a catch a hook, a clinch, a clamp, etc.; hence, a support.
• Turnstone
  Any species of limicoline birds of the genera Strepsilas and Arenaria, allied to the plovers, especially the common American and European species (Strepsilas interpres). They are so called from their habit of turning up small stones in search of m
• Turntable
  A large revolving platform, for turning railroad cars, locomotives, etc., in a different direction; -- called also turnplate.
• Turnip-shell
  Any one of several large, thick, spiral marine shells belonging to Rapa and allied genera, somewhat turnip-shaped.
• Contrivance
  The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.
• Turning
  of Turn
• Turnverein
  A company or association of gymnasts and athletes.
• Drilled
  of Drill
• Turnkeys
  of Turnkey
• Turnwrest
  Designating a cumbersome style of plow used in England, esp. in Kent.
• Drilling
  of Drill
• Turnbroach
  A turnspit.
• Turnkey
  A person who has charge of the keys of a prison, for opening and fastening the doors; a warder.
• DRILLPRESS
  A machine for drilling holes in metal, the drill being pressed to the metal by the action of a screw.

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