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Tool (to͞ol), n. [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.
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2. A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool.
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3. Hence, any instrument of use or service.
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That angry fool . . .
Whipping her horse, did with his smarting tool
Oft whip her dainty self. Spenser.
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4. A weapon. [Obs.]
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Him that is aghast of every tool. Chaucer.
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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”.
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I was not made for a minion or a tool. Burks.
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Tool (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. tooled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. tooling.]
1. To shape, form, or finish with a tool. “Elaborately tooled.” Ld. Lytton.
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2. To drive, as a coach. [Slang, Eng.]
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Tool (to͞ol), v. i. [Cf. Tool, v. t., 2.] To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive. [Colloq.]
Boys on their bicycles tooling along the well-kept roads. Illust. American.
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