tools

tool

T0266200 (to͞ol)n.1. A device, such as a saw, shovel, or drill, used to perform or facilitate manual or mechanical work.2. a. A machine, such as a lathe, used to cut and shape machine parts or other objects.b. The cutting part of such a machine.3. Something regarded as necessary to the carrying out of one's occupation or profession: Words are the tools of our trade.4. Something used in the performance of an operation; an instrument: "Modern democracies have the fiscal and monetary tools ... to end chronic slumps and galloping inflations" (Paul A. Samuelson).5. Vulgar Slang The penis.6. A person used to carry out the designs of another; a dupe.7. a. A bookbinder's hand stamp.b. A design impressed on a book cover by such a stamp.8. Computers A utility program.v. tooled, tool·ing, tools v.tr.1. To form, work, or decorate with a tool.2. To ornament (a book cover) with a bookbinder's tool.3. Slang To drive (a vehicle): tooled the car at 80 miles an hour.v.intr.1. To work with a tool.2. Slang To drive or ride in a vehicle: tooled up and down the roads.Phrasal Verb: tool up To provide an industry or a factory with machinery and tools suitable for a particular job.

[Middle English, from Old English tōl, possibly from Old Norse.]

tools

The following are general words used to refer to objects or pieces of equipment that you use to help you to do a particular kind of job:

appliance	device	gadget	implement	instrument
machine	tool	utensil

1. 'tool'

A tool is usually a simple object that you use to make, shape, or mend something, for example a hammer, saw, spade, or spanner.

Remember to put all your tools away safely....a glass-cutting tool.

Tools that operate by electricity are called power tools.

Keep power tools out of children's reach.

Other things which are used to achieve something can also be referred to as tools. This is a fairly formal use.

Textbooks became the essential tools of the teacher.2. 'implement'

An implement is a simple tool used for digging or cooking. Implement is a formal word.

The earliest wooden implements known are spears, clubs and sharpened sticks, possibly used for digging.Don't use metal implements such as spoons when using non-stick pans.3. 'instrument'

An instrument is an object used for a scientific or medical purpose, or for measuring something.

...surgical and dental instruments.

A musical instrument is an object from which music is produced, for example a violin, a drum, or a flute.

The drum is one of the oldest musical instruments.4. 'utensil'

A utensil is usually a container or small object used for cooking, such as a saucepan or a spoon. Utensil is a formal word.

Students usually provide their own crockery, cutlery, cooking utensils and bedding.5. 'device' and 'gadget'

A device or gadget is usually a fairly small object, often a complicated or unusual one. Some devices and gadgets are powered by electricity. Gadget is an informal word, and is often used showing disapproval.

...a tiny 'pacemaker' -- a device that sends pulses of electricity to activate the heart.A dangerous new gadget will make it easy for bosses to spy on their staff.6. 'machine'

A machine is a piece of equipment which uses electricity or some other form of power to perform a task. It can be quite large.

...when Walter Hunt and Elias Howe invented the sewing machine.Employers have to provide workplaces, machines and methods of work that are safe.7. 'appliance'

An appliance is usually a machine that is used in people's homes, such as a washing machine or cooker. Appliance is a formal word.

...household appliances.

TOOLS

Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems

Tools

(religion, spiritualism, and occult)

Witchcraft utilizes various "working tools," including both coven tools and personal tools. Coven tools, as the name implies, are used purely in a coven situation, with just one of each tool available for the whole coven's use. Personal tools are those that are owned and used by individual Witches.

The number and variety of coven tools depends upon the tradition of the coven. For example, some traditions use a sword to mark and consecrate the ritual Circle; others will not have a sword but may use a besom, or broomstick, to "sweep" the Circle. Still others may make do with an athamé or a staff, rather than a sword. Below are listed some of the tools used in Witchcraft:

SWORD—Usually used to mark and consecrate the magic Circle, it is also used in initiations. It is only used by the Priest or Priestess. WAND—A capacitor and projector for the magical power raised. It may also be used to "draw down" the deities, as in "Drawing Down the Moon." WHITE HANDLED KNIFE—A true tool in that it is used to mark or engrave other tools with magical sigils. SCOURGE—Used in initiations as part of the symbolic death that is found as part of that rite. By some Witches, scourging is also done in magical work. CENSER—Also known as a "thurible," this is used for burning the incense that helps create the right atmosphere for the rituals. SALT—Representing life, or the life force. This is always on the altar and is an essential part of the consecration process. WATER—Representing spirit; like salt, it is an essential part of the consecration process. CORDS—Used to bind both in initiation (representing the restrictions of the womb prior to birth) and for the working of magic.

PENTACLE—Used in divination as a scrying tool. ASPERGILLUM—Used to sprinkle the salted water during a consecration. ATHAME—This is the Witch's personal tool. Every Witch should have his or her own athamé. It is a ritual tool, not used for any physical cutting and most certainly never to draw blood. BESOM—A ritual broomstick used in some fertility rituals and by some covens for Circle casting or closing. STAFF—A version of the old rod of power, which manifested as a royal scepter and can also be seen as a bishop's crozier, a mace, a baton, and in many other forms. Used by some Witches like a wand and/or a sword. CANDLE—Always found on the altar and also around the Circle at the four cardinal points.

BELL—Used by some Witches in various rituals.

Anything may be used by a Witch as a ritual tool if he or she feels that it is important and if there is good reason for using it. What is felt to be essential to one Witch is not necessarily acknowledged by another.

What does it mean when you dream about tools?

Beyond the phallic connotations, tools in a dream can represent our practical abilities. Different specific tools represent different things, such as “hammering” someone or throwing a “monkey wrench” into something. Also might be alluding to the meaning of certain idioms, such as “tools of the trade.” If one works regularly with tools, then tools in a dream could just be a reflection of daily life.

Tools

TOOLS. The Massachusetts act of assembly of 1805, c. 100, which provided that "the tools of any debtor necessary for his trade and occupation, should be exempted from execution," was held to designate those implements which are commonly used by the hand of one man, in some manual labor necessary for his subsistence. The apparatus of a printing office, such as types, presses, &c. are not therefore included under the term tools. 13 Mass. Rep. 82; 10 Pick. 423; 3 Vern. 133; and see 2 Pick. 80; 5 Mass. 313.
2. By the forty-sixth section of the act of March 2, 1789, 1 Story's Laws U. S. 612, the tools or implements of a mechanical trade of persons who arrive in the United States, are free and exempted from duty.

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