WordMap Version 2.0 - HigherStudyAbroad

2.4 Tools
instruments, utensils, devices, mechanisms, apparatus, weapons
anvil
• a heavy iron block with a smooth face, frequently of steel, on which metals,
usually heated until soft, are hammered into desired shapes, (
, , ); The blacksmith leaves his anvil, the carpenter
his bench, and the tailor his goose. — Gov. Bob. Taylor's Tales;
fulcrum
• the support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in moving a body, (
, , ); The joint between the atlas and the
skull is the fulcrum, the weight of the head is the resistance. — A Practical
Physiology;
catapult
• an ancient military engine for hurling stones, arrows, etc, ( );
• British. a slingshot; He said he was hit by a stone from a catapult--a stone
the size of a man's head. — Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Volume 1;
conduit
• a pipe, tube, or the like, for conveying water or other fluid, (
, ); Since the total
length of the conduit was 3,850 ft., the first cost of the material in the forms
was 18 cts. per lin. ft. — Concrete Construction Methods and Costs;
automation
• the technique, method, or system of operating or controlling a process by
highly automatic means, as by electronic devices, reducing human
intervention to a minimum, ( ,
); Marketing automation is a set of
applications that help marketers manage and simplify the marketing process;
awl
• pointed tool used for piercing, (
, , ); It handled every tool, from a
pitchfork to an awl, and made the whole of a rake, the bows, teeth, head and
staff. — Confessions of Boyhood;