Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun 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.
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Examples
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A subsection of tool-mark analysis, ballistics matching is predicated on the theory that when a bullet is fired, unique marks are left on the slug by the barrel of the gun.
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I confirmed it with our tool-mark examiner upstairs.
Unforgivable Laura Griffin 2008
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The English carvings are often spirited, so as to be almost grotesque in their strenuousness, and the tool-mark is visible, giving ruggedness and interest.
Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison
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But nowadays the stone is all gone over with a metal toothcomb, and scraped till not a tool-mark remains, and wood is glass-papered till every particle of sharpness and character is taken out of the work.
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Many of the stones in it were hewn by his hand, and on several of the blocks forming the land-breast his tool-mark is still to be seen.
The Life of Thomas Telford Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1867
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Larimer County Sheriff's Office investigator Dan Gilliam, deemed an expert crime-scene analyst and firearm and tool-mark examiner witness, testified during direct examination by prosecutor Mitchell Murray about the scene of the standoff and the weapons used.
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