Tool
Tool (tol) , noun
[Old English tol,tool. Anglo-Saxon tōl; akin to Icelandic tōl, Gothic taijan to do, to make, taui deed, work, and perhaps to English taw to dress leather. r64.]
1.
An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work.
2.
A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool.
3.
Hence, any instrument of use or service.
That angry fool...
Whipping her horse, did with his smarting tool
Oft whip her dainty self.
4.
A weapon. [Obsolete]
Him that is aghast of every tool.
5.
A person used as an instrument by another person; -- a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes.
I was not made for a minion or a tool.
Tool , transitive verb
1.
To shape, form, or finish with a tool.
Elaborately tooled.
2.
To drive, as a coach. [Slang, English]
Tool (tol) , intransitive verb
[Compare Tool, transitive verb, 2.]
To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive. [Colloquial]
Boys on their bicycles tooling along the well-kept roads.