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Back :: Back (n.) The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw..

Close-stool :: Close-stool (n.) A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover..

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

Sheep''s-foot :: Sheep's-foot (n.) A printer's tool consisting of a metal bar formed into a hammer head at one end and a claw at the other, -- used as a lever and hammer..

Bench :: Bench (n.) A long seat, differing from a stool in its greater length..

Broad :: Broad (n.) A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.

Trowel :: Trowel (n.) A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them..

Dog :: Dog (n.) A piece in machinery acting as a catch or clutch; especially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool..

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..

Creaser :: Creaser (n.) A tool for making creases or beads, as in sheet iron, or for rounding small tubes..

Shank :: Shank (v.) Hence, that part of an instrument, tool, or other thing, which connects the acting part with a handle or other part, by which it is held or moved..

Chuck :: Chuck (n.) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon..

Wangan :: Wangan (n.) A boat for conveying provisions, tools, etc.; -- so called by Maine lumbermen..

Blond Metal :: Blond metal () A variety of clay ironstone, in Staffordshire, England, used for making tools..

Tooling :: Tooling (n.) Work performed with a tool.

Gouge :: Gouge (n.) A bookbinder's tool for blind tooling or gilding, having a face which forms a curve..

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..

Siege :: Siege (n.) Passage of excrements; stool; fecal matter.

Handy :: Handy (superl.) Ready to the hand; near; also, suited to the use of the hand; convenient; valuable for reference or use; as, my tools are handy; a handy volume..

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.

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