Definition of tool

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Tool (n.) A person used as an instrument by another person; -- a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes..

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Point :: Point (n.) An instrument which pricks or pierces, as a sort of needle used by engravers, etchers, lace workers, and others; also, a pointed cutting tool, as a stone cutter's point; -- called also pointer..
Table :: Table (n.) The part of a machine tool on which the work rests and is fastened.
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..
Bench :: Bench (n.) A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length..
Pick :: Pick (n.) A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones..
Gimlet :: Gimlet (n.) A small tool for boring holes. It has a leading screw, a grooved body, and a cross handle..
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..
Shaver :: Shaver (n.) A tool or machine for shaving.
Edge :: Edge (v. t.) To shape or dress the edge of, as with a tool..
Tooling :: Tooling (n.) Work performed with a tool.
Die :: Die (n.) A hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool, made in one piece or composed of several parts, for forming screw threads on bolts, etc.; one of the separate parts which make up such a tool..
Recapper :: Recapper (n.) A tool used for applying a fresh percussion cap or primer to a cartridge shell in reloading it.
Threader :: Threader (n.) A tool or machine for forming a thread on a screw or in a nut.
Catharical :: Catharical (a.) Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative.
Creepie :: Creepie (n.) A low stool.
Bodkin :: Bodkin (n.) A sharp tool, like an awl, used for picking /ut letters from a column or page in making corrections..
Breastplate :: Breastplate (n.) A piece against which the workman presses his breast in operating a breast drill, or other similar tool..
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..
Tool :: Tool (n.) A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool.
Cack :: Cack (v. i.) To ease the body by stool; to go to stool.
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