= poleaxe, n.

A kind of axe used by loggers. Formerly also: †a kind of axe used by carpenters and firefighters. Now chiefly North American.

A rake for collecting muck; spec. a dungfork; (also) a rake for clearing debris from ponds, etc. Also in extended use.

A wooden tool used to separate grain from husks and straw by grinding; a threshing-sledge. Obsolete.

A type of tool (not identified).

A bar or rail used in the construction of a gridiron, gate, cart, cage, etc. Obsolete.

A board used to distribute pressure evenly over an area. Now rare.

Any of various devices consisting of or incorporating a rotatable component by means of which a cord, line, cable, etc., can be paid out or…

Apparently: a pump or siphon for raising water. Obsolete.

A small, pointed, wooden or plastic tool used by glaziers in making leaded windows, esp. to open and straighten the channels in the lead into which…

Applied to various things having the form, figure, or appearance of a tower, or likened to one. Applied to various technical structures and…

A hook or hooked implement used in the dressing (in various senses) of a material or object.

(See quot.) Obsolete.

In various technical uses. A structure of reeds, broom, etc. on which brine is concentrated by natural evaporation. Obsolete.

(see quot.).

A device to regulate the amount of tar used in tarring a rope. Obsolete.

A frame or structure (often having legs) on which something is mounted or supported. A frame, board, block, or plank, used in various trades, to…

A pit in which tan-liquor is mixed; = leach, n.2 2 ? Obsolete.

a stick covered with feathers.

A name of various instruments or tools consisting of a curved piece of wood, with a string extending from one extremity to the other; used, e.g. by…

A belt or harness worn by a person climbing, working at height, etc., and attached by a line or cord to an anchor point in order to prevent a…

Engineering. A device that improves the efficiency of a process, appliance, etc., or economizes (the use of) a consumable, esp. fuel.

an adjustable damper for a flue or chimney, working like a throttle valve.

A short piece of wood (or iron) nailed on transversely to a piece of joinery, in order to secure or strengthen it; also to give footing on a…

a rigid structure attached to a leg (of a device or of a person) to strengthen or provide support.

(a) a person who peels bark from a tree; (b) an implement for peeling bark.

A screw for compressing peat.

A mechanism or device which drives nails into place, (in later use) spec. a nail gun.

Any cylinder on which cord, wire, tape, etc., is wound for convenience or for a special purpose.

A revolving platform, table, stand, or disk of various kinds: see quots.; spec. (a) a rotating disk on which microscope slides are held for…

An oval or egg-shaped object; (esp. in Archaeology) an oval implement; spec. a type of oval hand-axe with a continuous cutting edge, of the Lower…

(a) (see quot. 1879); (b) a metal bar used to apply pressure or exert tension.

A machine or hand tool designed for breaking ice, esp. for economic or domestic use.

A device used to hold something outstretched or to keep two or more things apart. An implement or apparatus used to hold two things apart at a…

A device or instrument used to touch something or to examine something by touch. Cf. tangent, n. 2. Obsolete.

A pole with a hook or similar implement at the end, used to open and close high windows.

A component resembling the cap of a mushroom which forms part of any of various mechanical devices.

A plumber's tool (see quot. 1894). Obsolete. rare.

In mining, logging, construction, etc.: a line or cable which may be slackened in order to attach a load, which is then hauled to and from the…

Originally U.S. A device used for unblocking drains, pipes, etc., consisting of a flexible coiled wire and a mechanism that causes it to rotate as it…

a hand-tool used chiefly in rug-making to draw the yarn through the canvas.

In various technical applications. Pottery: A rest for placing the ware during glost-firing.

An instrument, appliance, or device, for some service suggesting or taken to suggest that of a horse. In other uses (see quots.).

Originally: a hand-operated mechanical device for laying an underground pipe by pushing it through the ground from one pit to the next; (later also)…

A machine which reduces plant material, etc., to the consistency of mulch; esp. one that shreds plant clippings, etc., for use as mulch.

Engineering. A small plate which is passed over a surface in order to test for inequalities or imperfections. rare.

a guard fitted to an object to prevent splashing.

Nautical. In a sailing dinghy, a pivoted keel or centreboard that can be withdrawn into the boat.

An airbrasive device; an abrasive substance used in this technique.

An impinger, esp. one in which the particles are deposited on a dry surface rather than in a liquid.

A machine or device which produces or disperses a fog of pesticide, fungicide, etc. (cf. fog, n.2 6).