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单词 twitter-bit
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twitter-bitn.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from French. Etymon: French tête de vis.
Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps < French tête de vis, lit. ‘head of the screw’, with folk-etymological alteration after twitter n.2 and bit n.1
Obsolete. rare.
In metalworking: the tapered rim or flange forming the base of the countersunk hollow that holds the head of the screw or rivet fastening together a pair of scissors.
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1851 O. Byrne Pract. Metal-worker's Assistant 253 The bottom of the countersink that receives the head of the screw is called the shelf or the twitter-bit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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