the Week of Proper 2 / Ordinary 7
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Bible Dictionaries
Tool
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) Hence, any instrument of use or service.
(2):
(n.) A machine for cutting or shaping materials; - also called machine tool.
(3):
(v. t.) To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.
(4):
(n.) A weapon.
(5):
(v. t.) To drive, as a coach.
(6):
(n.) 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.
(7):
(v. t.) To shape, form, or finish with a tool.
(8):
(n.) 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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Tool'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/t/tool.html. 1828.
