tooln.[OE. tol,tool. AS. tl; akin to Icel. tl, Goth. taijan to do, to make, taui deed, work, and perhaps to E. taw to dress leather. 64.]1. An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work.()2. A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool.()3. Hence, any instrument of use or service.()That angry fool . . .
Whipping her horse, did with his smarting tool
Oft whip her dainty self. (Spenser.)4. A weapon.()Him that is aghast of every tool. (Chaucer.)5. A person used as an instrument by another person; -- a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes.()I was not made for a minion or a tool. (Burks.)v. t.1. To shape, form, or finish with a tool.(Ld. Lytton.)2. To drive, as a coach.()v. i.[Cf. Tool, v. t., 2.] To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.()Boys on their bicycles tooling along the well-kept roads. (Illust. American.)