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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
tool . - adjective Worked with a tool.
- adjective bookbinding
Impressed with an ornamentaldesign .
Etymologies
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Examples
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This account will have no bearing on the designs used on hand-bound books with their beautiful "tooled" covers.
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Slow stagecoaches gave place to fast ones, splendidly horsed and "tooled," until travelling by road in England was pronounced almost perfect.
The Life of Thomas Telford Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1867
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How different it was half a century ago, when along this same highway fifty four-horse stages were "tooled" to and fro from England's metropolis to her chief seaport town, top-heavy with fares -- often a noisy crowd of jovial Jack tars, just off a cruise and making
The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure Mayne Reid 1850
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What remains to be seen now is how the instruments of diplomacy and development are re-tooled to meet these urgent challenges overseas.
Tara Sonenshine: A Tectonic Shift at State and USAID? Tara Sonenshine 2010
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What remains to be seen now is how the instruments of diplomacy and development are re-tooled to meet these urgent challenges overseas.
Tara Sonenshine: A Tectonic Shift at State and USAID? Tara Sonenshine 2010
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I was never good with cars, but it looked to be the same one his dad tooled around in when we were kids.
Treading Water Ron Earl Phillips 2011
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Here vendors sell the local crafts that this colonial town, founded in 1578, is famous for - including tooled leather belts and soft, pliant jackets along with large carved rustic furniture and wall hangings, newly woven blankets, embroidered clothing and delicately inlaid accessories.
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Christopher Bailey's topcoats for Burberry were re-tooled from archival models originally commissioned by the British Air Force for the first transcontinental flyers in 1919 even made the look luxurious.
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What remains to be seen now is how the instruments of diplomacy and development are re-tooled to meet these urgent challenges overseas.
Tara Sonenshine: A Tectonic Shift at State and USAID? Tara Sonenshine 2010
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What remains to be seen now is how the instruments of diplomacy and development are re-tooled to meet these urgent challenges overseas.
Tara Sonenshine: A Tectonic Shift at State and USAID? Tara Sonenshine 2010
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