gubia
121gouger — gouge ► VERB 1) make (a rough hole or indentation) in a surface. 2) (gouge out) cut or force out roughly or brutally. ► NOUN 1) a chisel with a concave blade. 2) an indentation or groove made by gouging. DERIVATIVES …
122gouge — [15] Gouge may be of Celtic origin – a resemblance to forms such as Welsh gylf ‘beak’ and Cornish gilb ‘borer’ has been noted. But its earliest positively identifiable ancestor is late Latin gubia, whose Old French descendant gouge was borrowed… …
123gouge — [gouj] n. [ME < OFr < VL gubia, for LL gulbia < Celt (as in OIr gulban, goad, thorn) < IE base * gelebh , to scrape, hollow out > Gr glaphein, to carve] 1. a chisel with a curved, hollowed blade, for cutting grooves or holes in… …
124gouge — n. & v. n. 1 a a chisel with a concave blade, used in carpentry, sculpture, and surgery. b an indentation or groove made with or as with this. 2 US colloq. a swindle. v. 1 tr. cut with or as with a gouge. 2 tr. a (foll. by out) force out (esp. an …
