gouge

gouge is a   Noun

Definition:

[1] A chisel, with a hollow or semicylindrical blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.; a similar instrument, with curved edge, for turning wood.

[2] A bookbinder`s tool for blind tooling or gilding, having a face which forms a curve.

[3] An incising tool which cuts forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, etc.. from leather, paper, etc. Knight.

[4] Soft material lying between the wall of a vein aud the solid vein. Raymond.

[5] The act of scooping out with a gouge, or as with a gouge; a groove or cavity scooped out, as with a gouge.

[6] Imposition; cheat; fraud; also, an impostor; a cheat; a trickish person. [Slang, U. S.] Gouge bit, a boring bit, shaped like a gouge.

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