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Twist′ed bit.


1. (Manege.) One having a mouthpiece made with square sides and afterward twisted.


2. (Carpentry.) A wood-boring tool adapted to be used in a brace. It is a form of flat bar twisted into a spiral form and provided at the ends with a cutter and a routing-table. See bit.

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