tooll (tol)

[ neut. pl., tools; perhaps a contr. of a Teut. base * tauila, called machine - tools. Of alkinnes craftes I contreued toles , Of car pen trie, of kerueres, and compa ed masouns, And lerned hem leuel and lyne though I loke dymme. Piers Plowman (B), x. 177. Take thi spades, rake, knyf, and shovelle, And evry tole in beres grees defoule. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 31. Of Angling and the Art thereof I sing, What kind of tools it doth behove to have. J. Dennys (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 147). The hoe and the spade were not the tools he [Emerson] was meant to work with. O. W. Holmes , Emerson, xi. (a) One of the small pallets or stamps used by the bookbinder's finisher to work out the designs on the cover of a book: applied to stamps used by hand. (b) A small round brush used by house-painters for painting moldings at the margins of panels, window-sashes, and narrow fillets. 2. By extension, something used in any occupation or pursuit as tools are used by the mechanic: as, literary tools (books, etc.); soldiers' tools (weapons, etc.); specifically, a sword or other weapon. Then the go me in the grene graythed hym swythe Gedere vp hys grymme tole , Gawayn to smyte. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2261. We alle desyren, if it mighte be, To han housbondes hardy, wys, and free, And secree, and no nigard, ne no fool, Ne him that is agast of every tool . Chaucer , Nun's Priest's Tale, 1. 96. Draw thy tool ; here comes two of the house of the Montagues. Shak ., R. and J., i. 1. 37. 3. One who or that which is made a means to some end; especially, a person so used; a mere instrument to execute the purpose of another; a cat's-paw. IMG:content-0565.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0566.jpg:[blocks in formation] tool-extractor (töl'eks-traktor), n. In well- toom (töm or tüm), v . t. [ tool-holder (töl'holder), 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. Thou maun awa' out to the Cauf-craigs,... And there toom thy brock-skin bag. Antenor not tariet ne no tome hade, But went to the wale kyng on his way sone. More of wele watz in that wyse Then I cowthe telle thaz I tom hadde. 2. A device for holding the tool of a lathe or any metal-working ng machine in position for work.-3. A device for holding tools to be toomly (töm'li), adv . [ tomly , tombly ; ground to the face of a stone, or for holding the stone itself while being faced or finished; tooling (tö'ling), n. [Verbal n. of tooll , v .] Workmanship manship performed med with a tool, as the chisel, graver, chasing-tool, etc. Specifically- 2t. Leisurely; idly. And every one on high horse sat, But Willie's horse rade toomly . IMG:content-0567.jpg:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0568.jpg:[blocks in formation] the parallel marks of the tool in symmetrical order. (b) Decoration applied to leather-work by means of stamps tool, an instrument of steel, about 10 inches Binders' Tools, exemplifying different tools him along through the village street, the local news- paper soon hears of it. A. Je opp , Arcady, i. gilt tooling , in which leaf-gold is applied to the surface 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 impre ing 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 (b), above. - Gold, random, etc., tooling. See the adjectives. tool-mark (töl'märk), 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. tool-marking (töl'märking), n. A method of etching marks or names on steel tools, consist- ing in coating the part to be marked thinly with 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. IMG:content-0569.png:[merged small][merged small][graphic] tool-post (töl'post), n. In a lathe, a holder or support for the cutting-tool. It consists of an up- To or com ant, n. right piece on the slide-rest, fitted with a slot through which the cutting-tool is pa ed, and a set-screw for hold- ing the tool in position. Also tool -stock. tool-rest (töl'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 . tools i (töl'si), n. [ tulasi .] A spe- cies of basil or Ocimum , held sacred by the worshipers of Vishnu. tool-stack (töl's tak), n. A tool-post or tool- holder. tool-stay (töl'stā), n. A slotted piece so fitted in a lathe-rest that a drill or internal cutting tool-stock (töl's tok), n. tool-stone (tölʻstōn), n . Same as tool - post . See the quotation. The oval tool -stones, or "Til huggers teens" of the northern antiquaries, are oval or egg-shaped stones, more or le indented on one or both surfaces. Their use is not at present thoroughly understood. Some antiquaries sup- pose that they were held between the finger and thumb, series is obtained, it will be found that the depre ion varies greatly in depth, and that sometimes the stone is completely perforated, which favours the view of those who regard these implements as ring stones for nets, or small hammer-heads. Lubbock , Pre-historic Times, p. 102. tool ye, toolzie (töl'yi), v. i. [ touiller , mix, mingle, confound: see toill .] To quarrel. Also written tuilyie , tuilzie . [Scotch.] tool ye, toolzie (töl'yi), n. [ tool ye , v.; cf. toil, n.] A broil; a quarrel. Also written tuilyie , tuilzie . [Scotch.] toom (töm or tüm), a. and n.1 [ toom , The lazy horse... was only kept from stopping alto- gether.. by the occasional idle play of Emerson's whip. Harper's Mag., LXV. 579. So we tooled on. On a railroad, a box-car tomr track-repairing tool-car (tölʼkär), n. or platform-car provided with track-repairing and wrecking tools, for use in clearing clearing tracks, epairing bridges, etc.; a wrecking-car. tool-chest (töl chest), n. 1. A chest for hold- ing tools.-2. The tools occupying such a chest. tool-coupling (töl'kupling), n. A screw-cou- pling for attaching any tool to its handle, or to another part by which it is worked. tooler (tö'ler), n . A stone-masons' chisel, from two to four inches broad, used for random tool- ing. Also called broad tool , and drove . IMG:content-0570.png:[blocks in formation] Toon ( Cedrela Toona ). toot1 (töt), v. [Early mod. E. also tote ; also dial. tote , tout (see (see tout1 ), and (Sc.) teet ; tōtian , project, stick out; cf. MD. tote , tuyt = OHG. tutta, tutā, tut to, tuto, tutti , MHG. tutte, tute , a teat; Icel. tūta , a peak, prominence ( tot a , peak of a shoe), Sw. tut , a point, muzzle, = Dan. tud , a spout; the orig. 2. To shoot up, as plants. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.] -3t. To become visible; peep out; show. His hod was full of holes & his heer oute, With his knopped schon clouted ful thykke; How fair Narci us, tooting on his shade, Reproves disdain, and tells how form doth vade. 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 Cheap side baskets earne and late. Bp . Hall , Satires, IV. ii. 45. 6. To try; endeavor. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.] II.t trans. To see; behold; observe. Whow myzt-tou in thine brother eize a bare mote loken, And in thyn owen eize nouzt a bem toten ? toot tute, toute ), prob. To Tute in a horne, cornucinere. Levins, Manip. Vocab. (E. E. T. S.), p. 196. That foule musicke which a horne maketh, being tooted in. Chaloner , tr. of Moriæ Encomium, H' b. ( Nares .) 2. To give out sound, as a wind-instrument when blown: usually a word of disparagement. O lady, I heard a wee horn toot , And it blew wonder clear. Lord Barnaby (Child's Ballads, II. 309). You are welcome to my thoughts; and these are, to part with the little tooting instrument in your jacket to the first fool you meet with. J. F. Cooper , Last of Mohicans, xii. 3. To make sounds like those of a horn or a steam-whistle; trumpet. We made a very happy escape from the elephants. They soon got our scent, raised their trunks, tooted as no locomotive could toot, their ears sticking out straight, and off they went through the trees and tall gra . The Century , XXXIX. 613. 4. Specifically, to call: said of some grouse. The [pinnated] Grouse in the spring commences about April to toot , and can be heard nearly a mile. Sportsman's Gazetteer, p. 124. 5. To whine; cry. Hall i well. [Prov. Eng.] II. trans. 1. To sound on a horn, trumpet, pipe, or the like. Jockie, say, What might he be That sits on yonder hill, And tooteth out his notes of glee? W. Browne, Shepherd's Pipe, ii. 2. To blow, as an instrument of sound. The elephant turned and went down the hill, tooting his trumpet as though in great fright. The Century, XXXIX. 613.