Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gouge"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gouge \Gouge\, n. [F. gouge. LL. gubia, guvia, gulbia, gulvia,
gulvium; cf. Bisc. gubia bow, gubioa throat.]
1. A chisel, with a hollow or semicylindrical blade, for
scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood,
stone, etc.; a similar instrument, with curved edge, for
turning wood.
2. A bookbinder's tool for blind tooling or gilding, having a
face which forms a curve.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gouge
n 1: an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) [syn: {dent},
{nick}]
2: and edge tool with a blade like a trough for cutting
channels or grooves
3: the act of gouging
v 1: force with the thumb; "gouge out his eyes" [syn: {force out}]
2: obtain by coercion or intimidation; "They extorted money
from the executive by threatening to reveal his past to
the company boss" [syn: {extort}, {rack}, {wring}]
3: make a groove in [syn: {rout}, {groove}]
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