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Meaning of DRAWBORE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \Draw"bore`\, n. (Joinery)
    A hole bored through a tenon nearer to the shoulder than the
    holes through the cheeks are to the edge or abutment against
    which the shoulder is to rest, so that a pin or bolt, when
    driven into it, will draw these parts together. --Weale.
    
  2. \Draw"bore`\, v. t.
    1. To make a drawbore in; as, to drawbore a tenon.
    2. To enlarge the bore of a gun barrel by drawing, instead of
       thrusting, a revolving tool through it.
    
 
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