Antonyms for gouge
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : gouj |
| Phonetic Transcription : gaÊŠdÊ’ |
Definition of gouge
Origin :- mid-14c., "chisel with a concave blade," from Old French gouge, from Late Latin gubia, alteration of gulbia "hollow beveled chisel," probably from Gaulish (cf. Old Irish gulban "prick, prickle," Welsh gylfin "beak").
- noun groove, hole
- verb cut, scoop
- Gouge out that fellow's eye, the one that's got you by the shoulder, master.
- Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke
- You needn't try to gouge me out o' my rights because you're half-a-head taller.
- Extract from : « Si Klegg, Book 5 (of 6) » by John McElroy
- Fig. 31 is a detail of a kind of gouge work which you must all know very well.
- Extract from : « Wood-Carving » by George Jack
- The gouge is a form of chisel, the blade of which is concave, and hence the edge curved.
- Extract from : « Handwork in Wood » by William Noyes
- A finisher can always alter the thickness of a gouge with emery paper.
- Extract from : « Bookbinding, and the Care of Books » by Douglas Cockerell
- In cutting, slant the chisel or gouge outwards at an angle of 45, thus /.
- Extract from : « A Manual of Wood Carving » by Charles G. Leland
- They formed beginnings, as it were, to guide the gouge or chisel.
- Extract from : « A Manual of Wood Carving » by Charles G. Leland
- These are some of the ways in which we attempt to gouge nature.
- Extract from : « The Art of Amusing » by Frank Bellew
- You will know him here and hereafter by his everlasting grip on the gouge.
- Extract from : « When Egypt Went Broke » by Holman Day
- "Through that gouge," and Pringle, with a nod, indicated a break in the hills.
- Extract from : « Motor Matt's Mystery » by Stanley R. Matthews
Synonyms for gouge
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