Definition of tool

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Tool (n.) An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work..

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Edge :: Edge (v. t.) To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool..
Gouge :: Gouge (n.) An incising tool which cuts forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, etc. from leather, paper, etc..
Sharp :: Sharp (n.) A sharp tool or weapon.
Swage :: Swage (n.) A tool, variously shaped or grooved on the end or face, used by blacksmiths and other workers in metals, for shaping their work, whether sheet metal or forging, by holding the swage upon the work, or the work upon the swage, and striking with a sledge..
Toadstool :: Toadstool (n.) A name given to many umbrella-shaped fungi, mostly of the genus Agaricus. The species are almost numberless. They grow on decaying organic matter..
Plane :: Plane (a.) A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood, for forming moldings, etc. It consists of a smooth-soled stock, usually of wood, from the under side or face of which projects slightly the steel cutting edge of a chisel, called the iron, which inclines backward, with an apperture in front for the escape of shavings; as, the jack plane; the smoothing plane; the molding plane, etc..
Stick :: Stick (v. t.) Any long and comparatively slender piece of wood, whether in natural form or shaped with tools; a rod; a wand; a staff; as, the stick of a rocket; a walking stick..
Bodkin :: Bodkin (n.) A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking /ut letters from a column or page in making corrections..
Trinket :: Trinket (v. t.) A knife; a cutting tool.
Scapple :: Scapple (v. t.) To dress in any way short of fine tooling or rubbing, as stone..
Cut :: Cut (v. i.) To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well..
Float :: Float (v. i.) The trowel or tool with which the floated coat of plastering is leveled and smoothed.
Mustaiba :: Mustaiba (n.) A close-grained, neavy wood of a brownish color, brought from Brazil, and used in turning, for making the handles of tools, and the like..
Clearer :: Clearer (n.) A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished..
Bore :: Bore (n.) A tool for making a hole by boring, as an auger..
Latterkin :: Latterkin (n.) A pointed wooden tool used in glazing leaden lattice.
Tool-rest :: Tool-rest (n.) the part that supports a tool-post or a tool.
Tool :: Tool (v. t.) To drive, as a coach..
Chaser :: Chaser (n.) A tool with several points, used for cutting or finishing screw threads, either external or internal, on work revolving in a lathe..
Point :: Point (n.) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool..
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