tool 
Oh, the easy blockhead ! whut alool 1 have made of him ! 
Sheridan, The Duenna, ii. 4. 
He had been a clerk, agent, tool, slave, of the great 
Uensdeth. T. Winthrop, Cecil Dreeme, v. 
4. A useless or shiftless fellow. [Prov. Eng.] 
5. [< tool 1 , '.] A figure or ornament im- 
pressed upon the 
cover of a book by 
means of a binders' 
stamp or tool. 
Take a dentelle bor- 
der ; if accurately 
worked, the point of 
each tool will be direct- 
ly in line with the cor- 
responding one oppo- 
site. 
W. Matthews, Modern 
[Bookbinding (ed. 
[GrolierClub),p.87. 
A poor tool, a bad 
hand at anything. Hot- 
ten, Slang Diet. Bor- 
der tool, in ornamen- 
tal metal-work, a wheel 
with a notched or tooth- 
ed edge, set in a handle. 
for producing rows of 
dots. Broad tool. 
Same as footer. Color- 
Ing tool. See color. 
Cranked tool. See 
cranked. - Culling- 
, 
long, having the heavy Aldine . _ Grolier . Eve . Gas . 
butt wound With cord to con ; 3 , Derfime ; 6, Roger Payne ; 7. 
form a handle, used for fillet ; 8, one-line ; 9, roll. 
knocking and prying 
apart a cluster of oysters. It is like a very heavy oyster- 
knife. Depthening tooL See depthen. Edged tool, 
a cutting instrument; figuratively, an instrument which 
is capable of cutting or otherwise hurting the person 
who uses it ; hence, to play with edged tools is to act, 
or participate in action, in connection with something 
which may result disastrously because of insufficient 
knowledge or experience. Hooked tool. See hooked. 
Modeling-tools. See modeling. Obverse, quarter- 
hollow quarter-round, round, sugar-loaf tooL See 
the qualifying words. Top and bottom tools. See topi. 
To play with edged tools. See edged tool, above. (See 
also balling-tool, scattoping-tool, side-tool, top-tooi.)=Syn. 
Implement, Instrument, Tool, Utensil. An implement is 
whatever may supply a want or a requisite to an end ; it 
is always regarded in reference to its particular use : as, 
agricultural implements; implements of war. An instru- 
ment is anything which is employed in doing work or pro- 
ducing a certain result : as, surgical, mathematical, musi- 
cal instruments. A tool is something less specific than an 
implement, and, when used physically, is one of the small- 
er implements of a mechanic art, such as can be worked by 
the hand : as, gardeners' (oofe; joiners' tools. A utensil is 
literally something to be used ; the word has by usage be- 
come restricted to articles of domestic and farming use. 
In figurative use instrument is generally employed in a 
good sense, but tool in a dishonorable and contemptuous 
sense : we speak of a man as the instrument of Providence, 
or as a mere tool of cunning men. Formerly implement 
had a figurative sense. 
topi 1 (to'l), v. [< tooU, .] I. trans. In. book- 
binding, to ornament or give a final shape to 
by means of a special tool, especially when the 
mark of the tool is intentionally left visible. 
Tooled edges (of a book), edges of book-covers having de- 
vices or patterns impressed upon them. Sometimes called 
chased edges. Such edges of leaves are known as goffered 
edges. 
II. intrans. To work with a tool; specifically, 
in bookbinding, to execute tooling. 
It is not an easy matter to tool accurately. 
IK. Matthews, Modern Bookbinding (ed. Grolier Club), p. 87. 
tool 2 (to'l), v. [Appar. a fanciful use, as if 'to 
manipulate, manage skilfully,' of tool 1 , u.] I. 
trans. 1. To drive, as a four-in-hand, mail- 
coach, racing-wagon, or other wheeled vehicle. 
He had already the honor of being plucked for " the 
little go": and,. . . on being asked for what prof ession he 
was fit, had replied with conscious pride, "That he could 
tool a coach." Bulwer, Caxtons, xiii. 4. 
2. To draw in a vehicle. [Rare.] 
If a rolling stone trips up the high-stepping mare that 
tools him along through the village street, the local news- 
paper soon hears of it. A. Jessopp, Arcady, i. 
II. intrans. To drive; ride. 
The lazy horse . . . was only kept from stopping alto- 
gether . . . by the occasional idle play of Emerson's whip. 
... So we tooled on. Harper's Mag., LXV. 579. 
tool-car (tol'kar), n. On a railroad, a box-car 
or platform-car provided with track-repairing 
and wrecking tools, for use in clearing tracks, 
repairing bridges, etc. ; a wrecking-car. 
tool-Chest (tol'chest), n. 1. A chest for hold- 
ing tools. 2. The tools occupying such a chest. 
tool-coupling (toTkup"ling), it. A screw-cou- 
pling for attaching any tool to its handle, or 
to another part by which it is worked. 
tooler (to'ler), n. A stone-masons' chisel, from 
two to four inches broad, used for random tool- 
ing. Also called broad tool, and drove. 
6380 
tool-extractor (t6Teks-trak"tor), n. In well- 
boring, a clutching device for recovering bro- 
ken tools or rods from the tube. 
tool-gage (toTgaj), n. A gage employed to test 
the angle of the face of cutting-tools, as of those 
for turning iron. 
tool-holder (toThoT'der), n. 1. A tool-handle 
designed to be used with different tools, such 
holders are made with a variety of appliances for securing 
the tool temporarily in the handle. They are sometimes 
hollow, the small files, chisels, etc., used with them being 
kept inside the handle when not in use. 
2. A device for holding the tool of a lathe or 
any metal-working machine in position for 
work. 3. A device for holding tools to be 
ground to the face of a stone, or for holding 
the stone itself while being faced or finished ; 
a tool-stay. 
tooling (to'ling), n. [Verbal n. of toon, v.] 
Workmanship performed with a tool, as the 
chisel, graver, chasing-tool, etc. Specifically 
(a) In masonry, stone-dressing in which the face shows 
the parallel marks of the tool in symmetrical order. (6) 
Decoration applied to leather-work by means of stamps 
and other metal tools, which are applied hot, and produce 
impressed patterns upon the surface : it is of two kinds, 
gilt tooling, in which leaf-gold is applied to the surface of 
the leather and is fixed in the sunk pattern by the hot 
tool, the superfluous parts being brushed away afterward, 
and blind tooling, in which the pattern is left of the natural 
color of the leather, (c) The act of impressing separately 
incomplete designs upon the covers or backs of books by 
means of small tools, which in combination produce the 
complete design : applied only to hand-work, (d) In carv- 
ing, elaborate ornament by means of chisels and gouges in 
stone or wood, in architecture, joinery, cabinet-work, etc. 
Blind tooling. See (6), above. Gold, random, etc., 
tooling. See the adjectives. 
tool-mark (tol'mark), n. The characteristic 
form left on the surface of any article which 
has been shaped or worked by a tool, such as 
a saw, plane, lathe, etc. 
Before a craftsman can recognise a tool-mark, he must 
be familiar with the tool ; before a geologist knows river- 
marks, he must study the ways of rivers. 
J. F. Campbell, Frost and Fire, I. 94. 
tool-marking (toTmar"king), H. A method of 
etching marks or names on steel tools, consist- 
ing in coating the part to be marked thinly witli 
tallow or beeswax, making the desired marking 
with a sharp-pointed instrument through this 
coating, and applying nitric acid. After a few 
minutes, the acid and tallow are washed off, and the 
marks are found to show clearly on the steel. 
tool-post (tol'post), n. In a lathe, a holder or 
support for the cutting-tool. It consists of an up- 
right piece on the slide-rest, fitted with a slot through 
which the cutting-tool is passed, and a set-screw for hold- 
ing the tool in position. Also tool-stock. 
tool-rest (tol'rest), n. A device on the front of 
a lathe, used either as a support for a hand- 
tool or for holding a cutting-tool in position. 
It has sometimes various adjustments for mov- 
ing the tool. See slide-rest, and cut under lathe. 
toplsi (tol'si), H. [< late Skt. tulasi.] A spe- 
cies of basil or Ocimum, held sacred by the 
worshipers of Vishnu. 
tool-Stack (toTstak), n. A tool-post or tool- 
holder. 
tool-stay (toTsta), n. A slotted piece so fitted 
in a lathe-rest that a drill or internal cutting 
tool can be held in the slot. 
tool-stock (tol'stok), n. Same as tool-post. 
tool-Stone (tel'ston), n. See the quotation. 
The oval tool-stones, ... or "Tilhuggersteens"of the 
northern antiquaries, are oval or egg-shaped stones, more 
or less indented on one or both surfaces. Their use is not 
at present thoroughly understood. Some antiquaries sup- 
pose that they were held between the flnger and thumb, 
and used as hammers or chippers. If, however, a large 
series is obtained, it will be found that the depression 
varies greatly in depth, and that sometimes the stone is 
completely perforated, which favours the view of those 
who regard these implements as ringstones for nets, or 
small hammer-heads. Lubbock, Pre-historic Times, p. 102. 
toqlye, toolzie (tol'yi), v. i. [< OF. touiller, 
mix, mingle, confound: see toin.] To quarrel. 
Also written tuilyie, tuilzie. [Scotch.] 
toolye, toolzie (tol'yi), n. [< toolye, v.; cf. 
toifl, .] A broil; a quarrel. Also written 
tuilyie, tuilzie. [Scotch.] 
tooin (torn or turn), a. and n. 1 [< ME. toom, 
torn, < AS. torn = OS. tomi (also tmnig) = OHG. 
zuomi, zomi, in widar-zomi (also zuomig), =Icel. 
tomr = Sw. Dan. font, empty, vacant.] I. a. 
Empty. [Obsolete or prov. Eng. and Scotch.] 
Saddled and bridled 
And booted rade he ; 
Toom hame cam the saddle, 
But never cam he ! 
Bonnie George Campbell (Child's Ballads, III. 93). 
Ye shall have plenty of supper ours is nae toom pantry, 
and still less a locked ane. Scott, Pirate, vii. 
II. u. A piece of waste ground where rub- 
bish is shot. [Scotch.] 
toot 
toom (torn or turn), v. t. [< toom, .] To empty. 
[Scotch and prov. Eng.] 
Thou maun awa' out to the Cauf-craigs, . . . 
And there toom thy brock-skin bag. 
Fray of Suport (Child's Ballads, VI. 118). 
toomt (torn), 78. 2 [< ME. toom, tome, torn, < Icel. 
torn, vacant time, leisure, < tomr, vacant, emp- 
ty : see toom, a.] Vacant time ; leisure. 
Antenor not tariet ne no tome hade, 
But went to the wale kyng on his way sone. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1790. 
More of wele watg in that wyse 
Then I cowthe telle thas I tmn hadde. 
Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), i. 134. 
toomly (tb'm'li), adv. [< ME. tomly, tonibly ; 
< toom + -ly 2 .] 1. Without an occupant; with- 
out contents; emptily. [Obsolete or Scotch.] 
And every one on high horse sat, 
But Willie's horse rade toomly. 
Willie's Drowned in Gamery (Child's Ballads, II. 184). 
2f. Leisurely; idly. 
Why tary ye so tomly, & turnys not furthe? 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 4569. 
toon 1 (ton), n. A dialectal form of town. 
toon 2 t, indef. pron. An obsolete form of tone 2 . 
toon 3 , tOOna(tou, to'na), 11. [< Hind, tun, tun, 
Skt. tunna.'] An East Indian tree, Cedrela Toona, 
found also in Java and Australia. In native forests 
it is very large, 
having often a 
clear stem of 80 
or 100 feet. The 
wood is of a brick- 
red color, soft but 
not splitting or 
warping, very du- 
rable, and safe 
from white ants. 
It is very exten- 
sively used in In- 
dia for all kinds 
of furniture, for 
door-panels, and 
for carving. Also 
called Indian 
mahogany, and 
known in the Eng- 
lish markets as 
Moulmein cedar. 
toona, n. See 
toondra.M. See 
tundra. 
tOOrt, a- See Toon (Cedrtla Toona\ 
tor*. 
Toorcomant, An old spelling of Turkoman. 
tooroo (to'ro), n. [S. Amer. <.] A South 
American palm, CEnocarpus Bataita, growing 
to the height of from 50 to 70 feet. The hard 
outer wood of the trunk is used for inlaid work, 
billiard-cues, walking-sticks, etc. 
toot 1 (tot), v. [Early mod. E. also tote; also 
dial, tote, tout (see tout 1 ), and(Sc.) teet; < ME. 
toten, < AS. totian, project, stick out ; cf . MD. 
tote, tuyt = OHG. tuttd, tuta, tutto, tuto, tutti, 
MHG. tutte, tute, a teat; Icel. tuta, a peak, 
prominence (tota, peak of a shoe), = Sw. tut, a 
point, muzzle, = Dan. tud, a spout; the orig. 
sense seems to have been 'project,' hence 'put 
one's head out, look all about, peep,' and so 
'seek for custom,' etc. See tout 1 , and cf. tut 1 .'] 
1. intrans. 1. To project; stand, stick, or bulge 
out. [Prov. Eng.] 
Tho' perhaps he had never a Shirt to his Back, yet he 
would have a toting huge swelling Ruff about his Neck. 
Howell, Letters, I. iii. 32. 
2. To shoot up, as plants. HalUwell. [Prov. 
Eng.] 3f. To become visible ; peep out ; show. 
His hod was full of holes & his heer oute, 
With his knopped schon clouted ful thykke ; 
His ton [toesl toteden out as he the londe treddede. 
Piers Plowman's Crede (E. E. T. S.), 1. 425. 
4f. To glance ; peer ; look ; gaze ; pore. 
Tristly may Troiell tote oner the walle, 
And loke vpon lenght, er his loue come ! 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 8178. 
How fair Narcissus, tooting on his shade, 
Reproves disdain, and tells how form doth vade. 
Peele, Arraignment of Paris, i. 5. 
5. Hence, to look or search narrowly; pry in- 
quisitively. [Obsolete or prov. Eng.] 
Those observants were spying, tooting, and looking, 
watching and prying, what they might hear or see against 
the see of Rome. Latimer, Misc. Selections. 
Nor toot in Cheapside baskets earne and late. 
Bp. BaU, Satires, IV. ii. 45. 
6. To try; endeavor. Balliwell. [Prov. Eng.] 
II. t trans. To see ; behold : observe. 
Whow mygt-tou in thine brother eige a bare mote loken, 
And in thyn owen eige nougt a bem toten? 
Piers Plowman's Crede (E. E. T. S.), 1. 142. 
toot 2 (tot), !i. [Early mod. E. also tout, tote, 
rarely tute; < ME. "tuten (in the derived noun 
