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Tool

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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Abradant 76% connected

A material used for grinding, as emery, sand, powdered glass, etc.

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Bender 76% connected

One who, or that which, bends.

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Clincher 76% connected

One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast.

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Comb 76% connected

An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.

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Drill 76% connected

To pierce or bore with a drill, or a with a drill; to perforate; as, to drill a hole into a rock; to drill a piece of metal.

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Fork 76% connected

An instrument consisting of a handle with a shank terminating in two or more prongs or tines, which are usually of metal, parallel and slightly curve…

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Gang 76% connected

To go; to walk.

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Grapnel 76% connected

A small anchor, with four or five flukes or claws, used to hold boats or small vessels; hence, any instrument designed to grapple or hold; a grapplin…

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Grapple 76% connected

To seize; to lay fast hold of; to attack at close quarters: as, to grapple an antagonist.

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Hack 76% connected

A frame or grating of various kinds; as, a frame for drying bricks, fish, or cheese; a rack for feeding cattle; a grating in a mill race, etc.

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Hoe 76% connected

A tool chiefly for digging up weeds, and arranging the earth about plants in fields and gardens. It is made of a flat blade of iron or steel having a…

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Hone 76% connected

To pine; to lament; to long.

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Jack 76% connected

A large tree, the Artocarpus integrifolia, common in the East Indies, closely allied to the breadfruit, from which it differs in having its leaves en…

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Muller 76% connected

One who, or that which, mulls.

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Paleolith 76% connected

A relic of the Paleolithic era.

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Pestle 76% connected

An implement for pounding and breaking or braying substances in a mortar.

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Plough 76% connected

See Plow.

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Plow 76% connected

Alt. of Plough

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Pounder 76% connected

One who, or that which, pounds, as a stamp in an ore mill.

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Punch 76% connected

A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the k…

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Puncher 76% connected

One who, or that which, punches.

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Rake 76% connected

An implement consisting of a headpiece having teeth, and a long handle at right angles to it, -- used for collecting hay, or other light things which…

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Ram 76% connected

The male of the sheep and allied animals. In some parts of England a ram is called a tup.

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Rounder 76% connected

One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly.

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Strickle 76% connected

An instrument to strike grain to a level with the measure; a strike.

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Style 76% connected

An instrument used by the ancients in writing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded,…

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Stylus 76% connected

An instrument for writing. See Style, n., 1.

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Swage 76% connected

See Assuage.

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Tamp 76% connected

In blasting, to plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock, in order to prevent the force of the explosion…

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Tamper 76% connected

One who tamps; specifically, one who prepares for blasting, by filling the hole in which the charge is placed.

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Tap 76% connected

To strike with a slight or gentle blow; to touch gently; to rap lightly; to pat; as, to tap one with the hand or a cane.

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Upset 76% connected

To set up; to put upright.

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Agency 76% connected

The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.

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Drive 76% connected

To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

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Furnish 76% connected

To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provis…

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Implement 76% connected

That which fulfills or supplies a want or use; esp., an instrument, toll, or utensil, as supplying a requisite to an end; as, the implements of trade…

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Member 76% connected

To remember; to cause to remember; to mention.

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Offer 76% connected

To present, as an act of worship; to immolate; to sacrifice; to present in prayer or devotion; -- often with up.

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Penis 76% connected

The male member, or organ of generation.

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Phallus 76% connected

The emblem of the generative power in nature, carried in procession in the Bacchic orgies, or worshiped in various ways.

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Process 76% connected

The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance.

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Provide 76% connected

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

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Render 76% connected

One who rends.

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Ride 76% connected

To be carried on the back of an animal, as a horse.

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Slave 76% connected

See Slav.

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Supply 76% connected

To fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an a…

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Way 76% connected

Away.

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Work 76% connected

Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Cock 92% connected

The male of birds, particularly of gallinaceous or domestic fowls.

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Creature 92% connected

Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.

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Instrument 92% connected

That by means of which any work is performed, or result is effected; a tool; a utensil; an implement; as, the instruments of a mechanic; astronomical…

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Pecker 92% connected

One who, or that which, pecks; specif., a bird that pecks holes in trees; a woodpecker.

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Prick 92% connected

That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer.

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Puppet 92% connected

A small image in the human form; a doll.

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Shaft 92% connected

The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.

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