gouge

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The nose of the gouge is the cutting point The handle is then raised and the cutting point is forced toward the center.

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  1. noun A chisel with a rounded, troughlike blade.
  2. noun A scooping or digging action, as with such a chisel.
  3. noun A groove or hole scooped with or as if with such a chisel.
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  • Memories. Ellen picked up a leather-gouge, envisioning Rebecca bent over her work table. —  F ;SF; - vol 086 issue 05 - May 1994
  • But if captive venues gouge, then perhaps the rising 2. 5G flavors topping 100 Kbps will become a reasonable alternative. —  Wi-Fi Networking News
  • I haven't heard the term "eye-gouge" in at least a decade. —  rodpedersen.com
  • As soon as I was down on the ice, I knew he was going to go for the eye-gouge. —  rodpedersen.com
  • Beverly Perdue: "… this is a temporary price gouge, because that's what it is, folks trying to get the most money they can get out of the limited capacity." —  Latest Articles
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin gubia, variant of gulbia, of Celtic origin.

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  1. Formerly also googe; from Middle English gowge, from Old French gouge, a gouge, = Provencal gubio = Spanish gubia = Portuguese goiva = Italian gorbia, from Middle Latin guvia, gubia, also written gulvia, gulbia, a kind of chisel. Origin unknown; perhaps (?) from Basque gubia, a bowl.
  2. from gouge, n.
 

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