GOUGE (adopted from the Fr. gouge, derived from the

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Lat. gubia or gulbia, in

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• DUCANGE, VICTOR HENRI JOSEPH BRAHAIN (1783-1833)

Ducange gulbium, an

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• IMPLEMENT (Lat. implementum, a filling up, from implere, to fill)

implement ad hortum excolendum; and also instrumentum ferreum in usu fabrorum; according to the New

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• CELTIC

Celtic ori  gin, gylf, a beak, appearing in Welsh, and gilb, a boring tool, in Cornish), a tool of the chisel type with a curved blade, used for scooping a groove or channel in wood, stone, &c . (see Tool) . A similar instrument is used in surgery for operations involving the excision of portions of bone . " Gouge " is also used as the name of a bookbinder's tool, for impressing a curved line on the leather, and for the line so impressed . In mining, a " gouge " is the layer of soft rock or earth sometimes found in each side of a vein of coal or ore, which the miner can scoop out with his pick, and thus attack the vein more easily from the side . The verb " to gouge " is used in the sense of scooping or forcing out .