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noun Metalworking.
a lathe tool for smoothing a plane surface at right angles to the axis of rotation.
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Origin of facing tool

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby facing tool

facilitating, facilitation, facilitator, facility, facing, facing tool, façon, faconne, F.A.C.P., FACS, facsim.
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How to use facing tool in a sentence

  • To break the seal, a hollow reamer or facing tool, fitted into a drill press or breast drill, is slipped over the post.

    The Automobile Storage Battery|O. A. Witte

  • A facing tool, shown in the working position in Fig. 36, is placed at this station of the turret, being held in the turret hole.

    Turning and Boring|Franklin D. Jones
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