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A low stool. "I . . . seated her upon a little crock." Tatler.

the side of the field. -- Cross handle, a handle attached transversely to the axis of a tool, as in the augur. Knight. -- Cross lode (Mining), a vein intersecting the true or principal lode. -- Cross purpose. See Cross-purpose, in the Vocabulary. -- Cross reference, a reference made from one part of a book or regi…

A tool with a side claw for recovering broken rods, etc. Raymond.

A cooper's tool for making the grooves for the heads of casks, etc.; also, the groove itself.

To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well.

The art of making edged tools or cutlery. [Obs.] Milton.

That which cuts; a machine or part of a machine, or a tool or instrument used for cutting, as that part of a mower which severs the stalk, or as a paper cutter.

Adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool.

Promoting evacuations by stool. Ferrand.

An ornamental tooling like lace. Knight.

A hollow internally threaded screw-cutting tool, made in one piece or composed of several parts, for forming screw threads on bolts, etc.; one of the separate parts which make up such a tool. Cutting die (Mech.), a thin, deep steel frame, sharpened to a cutting edge, for cutting out articles from leather, cloth, paper,…

ially, the carrier of a lathe, also, an adjustable stop to change motion, as in a machine tool.

A tool with an indented head for shaping the head of a rivet. Knight.

To enlarge the bore of a gun barrel by drawing, instead of thrusting, a revolving tool through it.

A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; -- called also drawshave, and drawing shave.

To cut to proper dimensions, or give proper shape to, as to a tool by hammering; also, to smooth or finish.

A slightly tapered tool of steel for enlarging or shaping a hole in metal, by being forced or driven into or through it; a broach.

rument with an edged or pointed end used for making holes in hard substances; strictly, a tool that cuts with its end, by revolving, as in drilling metals, or by a succession of blows, as in drilling stone; also, a drill press.

A drift; a tool for setting bolts home.

, from Duck, v. t. & i. Ducking stool, a stool or chair in which common scolds were formerly tied, and plunged into water, as a punishment. See Cucking stool. The practice of ducking began in the latter part of the 15th century, and prevailed until the early part of the 18th, and occasionally as late as the 19th centur…