'Cross-cut file' definitions:

Definition of 'Cross-cut file'

From: GCIDE
  • File \File\ (f[imac]l), n. [AS. fe['o]l; akin to D. viji, OHG. f[imac]la, f[imac]hala, G. feile, Sw. fil, Dan. fiil, cf. Icel. [thorn][=e]l, Russ. pila, and Skr. pi[,c] to cut out, adorn; perh. akin to E. paint.]
  • 1. A steel instrument, having cutting ridges or teeth, made by indentation with a chisel, used for abrading or smoothing other substances, as metals, wood, etc. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: A file differs from a rasp in having the furrows made by straight cuts of a chisel, either single or crossed, while the rasp has coarse, single teeth, raised by the pyramidal end of a triangular punch. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Anything employed to smooth, polish, or rasp, literally or figuratively. [1913 Webster]
  • Mock the nice touches of the critic's file. --Akenside. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A shrewd or artful person. [Slang] --Fielding. [1913 Webster]
  • Will is an old file in spite of his smooth face. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
  • Bastard file, Cross file, etc. See under Bastard, Cross, etc.
  • Cross-cut file, a file having two sets of teeth crossing obliquely.
  • File blank, a steel blank shaped and ground ready for cutting to form a file.
  • File cutter, a maker of files.
  • Second-cut file, a file having teeth of a grade next finer than bastard.
  • Single-cut file, a file having only one set of parallel teeth; a float.
  • Smooth file, a file having teeth so fine as to make an almost smooth surface. [1913 Webster]