tool

Definitions

1. 1.A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool.
2. 2.Hence, any instrument of use or service. That angry fool . . . Whipping her house, did with his amarting tool Oft whip her dainty self. Spenser.
3. 3.A weapon. [Obs.] Him that is aghast of every tool. Chaucer.
4. 4.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.
5. 5.To shape, form, or finish with a tool. "Elaborately tooled." Ld. Lytton.
6. 6.To drive, as a coach. [Slang,Eng.]

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool called?
• What is hence, any instrument of use or service. That angry fool . . . Whipping her house, did with his amarting tool Oft whip her dainty self. Spenser called?
• What is a weapon. [Obs.] Him that is aghast of every tool. Chaucer called?
• What is to shape, form, or finish with a tool. "Elaborately tooled." Ld. Lytton called?