gouger.html - 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 eye with the thumb) with or as with a gouge. b force out the eye of (a person).
3 tr. US colloq. swindle; extort money from.
4 intr. Austral. dig for opal.

gouger n. [F f. LL gubia, perh. of Celt. orig.]

gouger.html - 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 eye with the thumb) with or as with a gouge. b force out the eye of (a person).
3 tr. US colloq. swindle; extort money from.
4 intr. Austral. dig for opal.

gouger n. [F f. LL gubia, perh. of Celt. orig.]

gouger.html - See: SAW WOOD or SAW GOURDS.

gouger.html - n.
1 a method of painting in opaque pigments ground in water and thickened with a gluelike substance.
2 these pigments.
3 a picture painted in this way. [F f. It. guazzo]

gouger.html - n.
a flat round usu. Dutch cheese with a yellow rind. [Gouda in Holland, where orig. made]

gouger.html - 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 eye with the thumb) with or as with a gouge. b force out the eye of (a person).
3 tr. US colloq. swindle; extort money from.
4 intr. Austral. dig for opal.

gouger n. [F f. LL gubia, perh. of Celt. orig.]