2. Verb. (third-person singular of gouge) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gouges
1. gouge [v] - See also: gouge
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gouges
Literary usage of Gouges
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ancient Britain and the Invasions of Julius Caesar by Thomas Rice Holmes (1907)
"... used by engineers.5 gouges, which are abundant in Denmark and Sweden, are very
rare in this country. It has been suggested that canoes, for making which ..."
2. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1892)
"The iron articles furnished, with one exception, the largest series of tools yet
found in Britain, including i-hisi-ls. axes, hammers, gouges, ..."
3. Primitive Industry: Or, Illustrations of the Handiwork, in Stone, Bone and by Charles Conrad Abbott, Henry Carvill Lewis (1881)
"CELTS, CHISELS AND gouges. THE term " celt," from the Latin Celtis, a chisel,
has been universally applied to certain polished cutting implements of stone, ..."
4. The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons, and Ornaments of Great Britain and by John Evans (1881)
"Already in the Neolithic Period we find many of these forms of tools, such as
chisels and gouges, developed; and so far as hammers are concerned, ..."
5. Pattern-making by G. H. Willard, Fred Duane Crawshaw (1910)
"Chisels and gouges (Fig. 3) are among the first tools that are required in ...
There are spoon gouges of several sizes and sweeps that are very useful. ..."
6. The Evolution of Decorative Art: An Essay Upon Its Origin and Development as by Henry Balfour (1893)
"For instance, the little scoop-like instruments known as ' apple-gouges,' were
at first, ... Apple-gouges of bone and wood. (Pitt Rivers Collection. ..."
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