tool : Idioms & Phrases

• a cutting tool, having an edge curved so as to make beads or beading.

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• . See Blind tooling, under Blind.

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• in bookbinding and leather work, the indented impression of heated tools, without gilding; called also blank tooling, and blind blocking.

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• (Metal Working), a cutting tool placed in a cutter head to dress round holes.

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• noun a cutting implement; a tool for cutting
  cutlery; cutter.
  

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• a cutting tool whose point is diamond-shaped.

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• noun any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge)
  

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• . (a) Any tool instrument having a sharp edge intended for cutting. (b) A tool for forming or dressing an edge; an edging tool.

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• a machine tool. J. Whitworth.

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• noun a hand shovel carried by infantrymen for digging trenches
  trenching spade.
  

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• noun used for working in gardens or yards
  garden tool.
  

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• the fixing of gold leaf by a hot tool upon book covers, or the ornamental impression so made.

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• . (a) Any tool used in grafting. (b) A very strong curved spade used in digging canals.

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• noun a tool used by an engraver
  pointel; pointrel; graver.
  

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• noun a tool used with workers' hands
  

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• noun used for working in gardens or yards
  garden tool.
  

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• noun a powered machine for cutting or shaping or finishing metals or other materials
  

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• a machine for cutting or shaping wood, metal, etc., by means of a tool; especially, a machine, as a lathe, planer, drilling machine, etc., designed for a more or less general use in a machine shop, in distinction from a machine for producing a special article as in manufacturing.

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• a roller with indented edge or surface, for producing like indentations in metal by rolling pressure, as in turning; a knurling tool; a milling cutter.

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• (Mach.), a thin tool, used in turning or planing, for cutting a piece in two.

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• noun a tool driven by a motor
  

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• noun a tool for shaping metal
  

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• (Mach.), a cutting tool, used in a lathe or planer, having the cutting edge at the side instead of at the point.

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• an instrument for soldering, consisting of a bit or bolt of copper having a pointed or wedge-shaped end, and furnished with a handle.

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• (Eng.), a species of graver used for cutting the parallel lines which produce tints in engraving.

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• noun hand tool consisting of a lever that is used to force the casing of a pneumatic tire onto a steel wheel
  tire iron.
  

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• verb ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it
  tool; joyride.
  
  • We tooled down the street

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• noun a bag in which tools are carried
  

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• noun a box or chest or cabinet for holding hand tools
  tool case; toolbox; tool cabinet.
  

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• noun a box or chest or cabinet for holding hand tools
  tool case; toolbox; tool cabinet.
  

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• noun a box or chest or cabinet for holding hand tools
  tool case; toolbox; tool cabinet.
  

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• noun a set of carpenter's tools
  carpenter's kit.
  

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• noun alloy steel that is suitable for making tools; is hard and tough and can retain a cutting edge
  

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• noun the craft of making special tools and dies
  

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Tool"-post`, Tool"-stock` noun (Also<

• Tool-post
• Tool-stock

)

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1. (Mach.) The part of a toolrest in which a cutting tool is clamped.

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Tool"-rest` noun

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1. (Mach.) the part that supports a tool-post or a tool.

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