Gouge
Gouge , noun
[French gouge. Late Latin gubia, guvia, gulbia, gulvia, gulvium; compare 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.
3.
An incising tool which cuts forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, etc. from leather, paper, etc. — Knight
4.
(Mining) Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein. — Raymond
5.
The act of scooping out with a gouge, or as with a gouge; a groove or cavity scooped out, as with a gouge.
6.
Imposition; cheat; fraud; also, an impostor; a cheat; a trickish person. [Slang, United States]
Collocations (1)
Gouge bit , a boring bit, shaped like a gouge.