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TOOK'PICK TOOL, n. [In old Law Latin, we find attile, attilia, stores, tools, implements.] 1. An instrument of manual operation, particularly such as are used by farmers and mechanics; as the tools of a joiner...

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TOOK'PICK

TOOL, n. [In old Law Latin, we find attile, attilia, stores, tools, implements.]

1. An instrument of manual operation, particularly such as are used by farmers and mechanics; as the tools of a joiner, cabinet maker, smith or shoemaker.

2. A person used as an instrument by another person; a word of reproach. Men of intrigue always have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes.

TOOL, v.t. To shape with a tool.

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