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chiefly to drive a chisel or wedge; Then I took chisel and mallet, and went at
it blithely. — The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini;
maul
• to handle or use roughly, ( ); This
consideration therefore, together with some others, were for the most part, as
amaul on the head of pride, and desire of vain-glory. — Grace Abounding to
the Chief of Sinners;
sledgehammer
• a long heavy hammer; Maybe something like a sledgehammer swinging hard
in a man's hand. — Die Trying;
bludgeon
• a short, heavy club with one end weighted, or thicker and heavier than the
other, ( ; ; ); Iron Age returned, and the bludgeon was
taken down from its shelf, and the scalping-knife refurbished. — Matthew
Arnold;
mace
• a clublike armor-breaking weapon of war, often with a flanged or spiked
metal head, used chiefly in the Middle Ages, ( ; ); And the
mighty Drona also instructed Arjuna in fighting with the mace, the sword,
the lance, the spear, and the dart. — The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana
Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3;
gouge
• a chisel having a partly cylindrical blade with the bevel on either the
concave or the convex side, ( );
• to scoop out or turn with or as if with a gouge, ( ); The toe
and heel of the beveled side of the gouge are brought into contact with the
flat side of the stone. — A Course In Wood Turning;
• to extort from, swindle, or overcharge; If you suspect price-gouging, you
can file a complaint with the attorney general;
guy
• a rope, cable, or appliance used to guide and steady an object being
hoisted or lowered, or to secure anything likely to shift its position, (
); In the end, guy
ropes had to be erected to hold the panels in place whilst the cement set;
gyroscope
• an apparatus consisting of a rotating wheel so mounted that its axis can
turn freely in certain or all directions, and capable of maintaining the same
absolute direction in space in spite of movements of the mountings and
surrounding parts: used to maintain equilibrium, determine direction, etc.;