Gouge /(?)/

Gouge

n.
  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.
  2. A bookbinder's tool for blind tooling or gilding, having a face which forms a curve.
  3. An incising tool which cuts forms or blanks for gloves, envelopes, etc. from leather, paper, etc.
  4. Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein. (Mining)
  5. The act of scooping out with a gouge, or as with a gouge; a groove or cavity scooped out, as with a gouge.
  6. Imposition; cheat; fraud; also, an impostor; a cheat; a trickish person. [Slang, U. S.]

Phrases & Compounds

Gouge bit
a boring bit, shaped like a gouge.