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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Apron :: Apron (n.) The piece that holds the cutting tool of a planer.
Rabbler :: Rabbler (n.) A scraping tool for smoothing metal.
Screw-driver :: Screw-driver (n.) A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which enters the nick in the head of the screw.
Gouge :: Gouge (n.) A bookbinder's tool for blind tooling or gilding, having a face which forms a curve..
Rub :: Rub (n.) A stone, commonly flat, used to sharpen cutting tools; a whetstone; -- called also rubstone..
Catharical :: Catharical (a.) Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative.
Faldstool :: Faldstool (n.) A folding stool, or portable seat, made to fold up in the manner of a camo stool. It was formerly placed in the choir for a bishop, when he offciated in any but his own cathedral church..
Howel :: Howel (n.) A tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering rheir work, especially the inside of casks..
Edge :: Edge (v. t.) To furnish with an edge as a tool or weapon; to sharpen.
Rounder :: Rounder (n.) A tool for making an edge or surface round.
Mechanical :: Mechanical (a.) Of or pertaining to a machine or to machinery or tools; made or formed by a machine or with tools; as, mechanical precision; mechanical products..
Tooled :: tooled (imp. & p. p.) of Too.
Tramp :: Tramp (n.) A tool for trimming hedges.
Stool :: Stool (v. i.) To ramfy; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers..
Broach :: Broach (n.) A tool of steel, generally tapering, and of a polygonal form, with from four to eight cutting edges, for smoothing or enlarging holes in metal; sometimes made smooth or without edges, as for burnishing pivot holes in watches; a reamer. The broach for gun barrels is commonly square and without taper..
Stock :: Stock (v. t.) To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply; as, to stock a warehouse, that is, to fill it with goods; to stock a farm, that is, to supply it with cattle and tools; to stock land, that is, to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of grass..
Cutting :: Cutting (a.) Adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool..
Adze :: Adze (n.) A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood..
Commode :: Commode (n.) A kind of close stool.
Mallet :: Mallet (n.) A small maul with a short handle, -- used esp. for driving a tool, as a chisel or the like; also, a light beetle with a long handle, -- used in playing croquet..
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