- Carpentry.
- a bit, as for a brace.
- a boring tool, similar to but larger than a gimlet, consisting of a bit rotated by a transverse handle.
- earth auger.
- a device consisting of a shaft with a broad helical flange rotating within a cylindrical casing to force bulk materials from one end to the other.
- snake (def. 3a).
- a hand tool with a bit shaped like a corkscrew, for boring holes in wood
- a larger tool of the same kind for boring holes in the ground
