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draw-knife
a. A tool, consisting of a blade with a handle at each end, used for shaving or scraping a surface.
b. A farrier's instrument. Cf. drawing-knife.
1703Moxon Mech. Exerc. 122 With the handles of the Draw-knife in both their Hands, enter the edge of the Draw-knife into the Work, and draw Chips almost the length of their Work. 1711Lond. Gaz. No. 4863/4 Each fore Foot cut in three places with a draw Knife. 1868R. Taylor Past & Present of N.Z. xiii. 292 So destructive did the natives find the [introduced] mouse that they called it the toro naihi, or scythe,..literally ‘drawknife’, a very sharp instrument used by whalers in cutting off blubber from the fish. 1881Greener Gun 249 The stock is then rounded up with a draw-knife. 1948E. J. Stowe Crafts of Countryside xx. 121 Straight draw-knives are common and can be bought at any ironmonger's shop, but the curved ones are uncommon and are usually made by the blacksmith. 1959Times 30 May 9/5 A farrier's rasp is a much safer instrument to use than a draw-knife. 1969E. H. Pinto Treen 391 The origin of the draw-knife or shave..has never been traced. |
