Meaning of Gouge | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. Senses relating to cutting tools.
   countable, uncountable
3. A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc.
   countable, uncountable
4. A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding.
   countable, uncountable
5. An incising tool that cuts blanks or forms for envelopes, gloves, etc., from leather, paper, or other materials.
   countable, uncountable
6. A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp.
   countable, uncountable
7. An act of gouging.
   colloquial, countable, uncountable
8. A cheat, a fraud; an imposition.
   countable, slang, uncountable
9. An impostor.
   countable, slang, uncountable
10. Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein of ore.
    countable, uncountable
11. Information.
    US, slang, uncountable

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Examples

“The "steeple" was a little cupola, reared on the very centre of the roof, on four tall pillars of pine, that were fluted with a gouge, and loaded with mouldings.”

“The cutting [of letter blocks] is effected by chisels and gouges of the usual kinds, and is the work⟳ of a class of artizans called 'Wood letter Cutters,' or 'Wood-type Cutters.'”

“Now hollow out the inside of the boat with a gouge or gouges. ("Firmer" gouges, ground on the outside of the curve, are used. "Paring" gouges are useless.)”

“The six most common woodturning tools you should know⟳ about are: gouge, skew, parting tool, spear-point, round-nose, and flat-nose. The gouge is a hollow, round-nose chisel used to rough-cut blanks into cylinders and for making cove cuts. Gouges can be used for cutting or scraping.”

“In plate II. are design⟳ for two backs of books. The first figure⟳, which presents an appearance of exceeding richness, is executed with one sole tool, viz. No. 10, and a small gouge for the sides of the lettering-piece.”

“Gouge. […] A shaped incising-tool used for cutting out forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, or other objects cut⟳ to a shape⟳ from fabric, leather, or paper.”

“The nail left a deep gouge in the tire⟳.”

“The planing-machine, on the contrary, uses revolving knives, which make⟳ a succession of little gouges in the wood; these gouges, which would otherwise leave⟳ the surface very irregular, are made to leave⟳ it tolerably smooth by following one another so closely that the gouges become⟳ one long gouge or cut⟳; [...]”

“He makes himself look⟳ at his daughter's changing body the way he might look⟳ at a gouge on his own⟳ leg, forcing himself to examine⟳ every detail until he's not looking at a horror but a fact; something that needs fixing.”

“He squinted through frozen lashes, trying to make⟳ better sense⟳ of the valley beneath him, a gouge running east to west, so deep and narrow he could only see⟳ the bottom when they passed directly overhead.”

“At some of the mines on the great Mother Lode, where hundreds of tons are not unfrequently thrown down at a blast, and where a wide, soft "gouge" along one wall enables the minder to keep⟳ two or three sides of the rock free, and give⟳ the powder the greatest opportunity to "lift⟳" without waste⟳ of power, the cost⟳ of drilling and blasting per ton is so low that a reduction of one-third, even if it could be made, would not greatly affect⟳ the general count⟳; […]”

“The geologic relations seen at the surface continue⟳ underground, but in addition 5 to 10 feet of gouge, dipping 68°E, is found to separate⟳ the serpentine from the ore zone. The gouge is not sufficiently resistant to erosion to crop out. […] A "bull" quartz vein occurs in places along the contact⟳ of the gouge and the ore zone. It does not constitute ore.”

“As all naval aviators have⟳ learned at one time or another in their careers, “There's plenty of bad gouge out there," and it has, does, and will get⟳ the unwary fliers in trouble⟳.”

“The Marines and “Coasties” (the nickname for Coast Guard students) were reputed to have⟳ good gouge on each class's test⟳. Rumor had it that the Marines had inside information on the questions for the next day's FRR test⟳, […]”

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