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spit-sticker techn.
Also in shortened form spit-stick.
[ad. Flem. spitsteker, = G. spitzstichel.]
(See quots.)
1837Whittock Bk. Trades (1842) 304 The Jeweller requires, for finishing his work,..certain gravers,..scrapers, ‘spit-stickers’, &c. 1875Knight Dict. Mech. 2279/1 Spit-sticker, a graver or sculper, with convex faces. 1909Webster, Spit-stick. 1920R. J. Beedham Wood Engraving 3 The spit-sticks..are tools by which the cut can be easily broadened by gradually pressing the point deeper into the wood. 1960G. Lewis Handbk. of Crafts 187 The Spitstick, like the graver, is made in several thicknesses. Its section is triangular, with sides tapering gently down to a point. |