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Tool

Tool

(toōl)
,
Noun.
[OE.
tol
,
tool
. AS.
tōl
; akin to Icel.
tōl
, Goth.
taijan
to do, to make,
taui
deed, work, and perhaps to E.
taw
to dress leather. √64.]
1.
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.
2.
A machine for cutting or shaping materials; – also called
machine tool
.
3.
Hence, any instrument of use or service.
That angry fool . . .
Whipping her horse, did with his smarting
tool

Oft whip her dainty self.
Spenser.
4.
A weapon.
[Obs.]
Him that is aghast of every
tool
.
Chaucer.
5.
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
.
I was not made for a minion or a
tool
.
Burks.

Tool

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
tooled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
tooling
.]
1.
To shape, form, or finish with a tool.
“Elaborately tooled.”
Ld. Lytton.
2.
To drive, as a coach.
[Slang, Eng.]

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