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Quotation dates: 1847
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PHIPPLE BITT, n.comb. A boring or gouging brace-tool having a lip-like form.s.Sc. 1847 T. Stoddart Angler's Comp. 49:
Hollow butts, when formed out of plank wood, which they sometimes are, require to be bored with an instrument termed a phipple bitt.
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