tool

tool
{{11}}tool (n.) O.E. tol "instrument, implement," from P.Gmc. *tolan (Cf. O.N. tol), from a verb stem represented by O.E. tawian "prepare." The ending is the instrumental suffix -l (e.g. SHOVEL (Cf. shovel)). Figurative sense of "person used by another for his own ends" is recorded from 1660s. Slang meaning "penis" first recorded 1550s.
{{12}}tool (v.) "to drive a vehicle," 1812, probably from TOOL (Cf. tool) (n.). The meaning "to work or shape with a tool" is recorded from 1815; that of "equip (a factory) with machine tools" is from 1927. Related: Tooled; tooling.

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