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Moulding :: Moulding (p.a.) Used in making a mold or moldings; used in shaping anything according to a pattern.

Chisel :: Chisel (n.) A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer..

Formation :: Formation (n.) The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.

Cutting :: Cutting (n.) The act or process of making an incision, or of severing, felling, shaping, etc..

Embouchure :: Embouchure (n.) The shaping of the lips to the mouthpiece; as, a flute player has a good embouchure..

Burr :: Burr (n.) The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left on a bullet in casting..

Drift :: Drift (n.) A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach..

Dolly :: Dolly (n.) A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet.

Moulding :: Moulding (n.) The act or process of shaping in or on a mold, or of making molds; the art or occupation of a molder..

Transshaping :: Transshaping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Transshap.

Forging :: Forging (n.) The act of shaping metal by hammering or pressing.

Mechanic :: Mechanic (a.) A mechanician; an artisan; an artificer; one who practices any mechanic art; one skilled or employed in shaping and uniting materials, as wood, metal, etc., into any kind of structure, machine, or other object, requiring the use of tools, or instruments..

Dresser :: Dresser (n.) A kind of pick for shaping large coal.

Burr :: Burr (n.) The thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal. See Burr, n., 2..

Tool :: Tool (n.) A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool.

Swing :: Swing (v. t.) To admit or turn (anything) for the purpose of shaping it; -- said of a lathe; as, the lathe can swing a pulley of 12 inches diameter..

Stamp :: Stamp (v. t.) An instrument for cutting out, or shaping, materials, as paper, leather, etc., by a downward pressure..

Casting :: Casting (n.) The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process of pouring molten metal into a mold..

Blocking :: Blocking (n.) The act of obstructing, supporting, shaping, or stamping with a block or blocks..

Nestle :: Nestle (v. i.) To move about in one's place, like a bird when shaping the interior of her nest or a young bird getting close to the parent; as, a child nestles..

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