gouge

n. [ F. gouge. LL. gubia, guvia, gulbia, gulvia, gulvium; cf. Bisc. gubia bow, gubioa throat. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A chisel, with a hollow or semicylindrical blade, for scooping or cutting holes, channels, or grooves, in wood, stone, etc.; a similar instrument, with curved edge, for turning wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bookbinder's tool for blind tooling or gilding, having a face which forms a curve. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An incising tool which cuts forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, etc. from leather, paper, etc. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mining) Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The act of scooping out with a gouge, or as with a gouge; a groove or cavity scooped out, as with a gouge. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Imposition; cheat; fraud; also, an impostor; a cheat; a trickish person. [ Slang, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Gouge bit, a boring bit, shaped like a gouge. [ 1913 Webster ]