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trowel

ˈtraʊwɛl
WordNet
Back print of an engraved image on the back of one of the silver trowels used to lay the foundation stone of the town hall in Amsterdam on October 28, 1648, by Jacob, son of the mayor Cornelis de Graeff.
Back print of an engraved image on the back of one of the silver trowels used to lay the foundation stone of the town hall in Amsterdam on October 28, 1648, by Jacob, son of the mayor Cornelis de Graeff.
  1. (v) trowel
    use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work
  2. (n) trowel
    a small hand tool with a handle and flat metal blade; used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials
Illustrations
Trophy with smoke barrel, hook, ruler, compass, drum, trowel, ax and hoes. With seven-line French text.
Trophy with smoke barrel, hook, ruler, compass, drum, trowel, ax and hoes. With seven-line French text.
Title print for a series with designs for facades. A hammer, trowel, square, compass, plumb bob, books and a design drawing left and right next to a cartouche with garlands. Above a six-line French text.
Title print for a series with designs for facades. A hammer, trowel, square, compass, plumb bob, books and a design drawing left and right next to a cartouche with garlands. Above a six-line French text.
Lead token. Front: crowned trowel inside circle. Reverse: crowned plumber's hammer between year and inside inscription
Lead token. Front: crowned trowel inside circle. Reverse: crowned plumber's hammer between year and inside inscription
Paper token. Obverse: all-seeing eye in the middle of two overlapping triangles between trowel and hammer, above two crossed laurel branches and star inside circle. Reverse: inscription inside laurel wreath, inscription and decorative edge.
Paper token. Obverse: all-seeing eye in the middle of two overlapping triangles between trowel and hammer, above two crossed laurel branches and star inside circle. Reverse: inscription inside laurel wreath, inscription and decorative edge.
Copper medal. Obverse: hammer, trowel and oblong object inside circle. Reverse: hammer for two crossed chisels inside inscription
Copper medal. Obverse: hammer, trowel and oblong object inside circle. Reverse: hammer for two crossed chisels inside inscription
Brass medal. Front: lying trowel between four crowns. Reverse: inscription
Brass medal. Front: lying trowel between four crowns. Reverse: inscription
Brass oval token on carrying eye. Obverse: set square, ax, trowel, plumber's and stonemason's hammer united to trophies. Reverse: inscription
Brass oval token on carrying eye. Obverse: set square, ax, trowel, plumber's and stonemason's hammer united to trophies. Reverse: inscription
Trowel of silver. On the shovel the engraved coat of arms of Mayor Cornelis de Graeff in a cartouche of lobe ornament, with caption. The driven handle is entirely formed by lobe ornament.
Trowel of silver. On the shovel the engraved coat of arms of Mayor Cornelis de Graeff in a cartouche of lobe ornament, with caption. The driven handle is entirely formed by lobe ornament.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Trowel
    A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, etc.
  2. Trowel
    A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
  3. Trowel
    (Founding) A tool used for smoothing a mold.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) trowel
    A surgical instrument of approximately trowel shape, used to push back protruding parts from the field of operation.
  2. (n) trowel
    A tool, generally consisting of a flat long triangular, oval, or oblong blade of iron or steel, fitted with a handle, used by masons, plasterers, and bricklayers for spreading and dressing mortar and plaster, and for cutting bricks, and also by molders for smoothing the surface of the sand or loam composing the mold.
  3. (n) trowel
    A gardeners' tool, like a small spade or scoop, used for taking up plants and for other purposes. See figs. k, above.
  4. (n) trowel
    A tool used in oil-cloth manufacturing to spread paint and remove what may be superfluous. It is made of steel, is 2 feet long, and very elastic, and has a handle near the broad end.
  5. trowel
    To dress, form, or apply with a trowel: as, troweled stucco.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (n) Trowel
    trow′el a tool used in spreading mortar, paint, &c., and in gardening
  2. (v.t) Trowel
    to dress with a trowel.-Lay on with a trowel, to spread thickly: to flatter grossly
Quotations
Benjamin Disraeli
Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
Benjamin Disraeli
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary OE. truel, OF. truele, F. truelle, LL. truella, L. trulla, dim. of trua, a ladle; probably akin to Gr. a stirrer, ladle, G. quirl, a stirrer, MHG. twirel, OHG. dwiril, Icel. þvara, AS. þwiril,. Cf. Twirl

Usage in the news

Like their predecessors, modern archaeologists still labor with shovels, trowels, and brushes. cadalyst.com

Bill Zimmerman (foreground) trowels the footing while other volunteers pour cement to install hitching rails at Kabian Park PHOTO COURTESY OF MARTY ROSEN. blog.pe.com

For starters, you should familiarize yourself with the variety of trowels that are available for specialized tasks. ytv.com

Darin Wiebe wins Wacker Neuson Trowel Challenge at World of Concrete. aggman.com

Wacker Neuson's Ride-on Trowel Challenge Competition Draws Big Crowds at World of Concrete 2012. theconcreteproducer.com

Wacker Neuson's Ride-on TROWEL CHALLENGE Competition Draws Big Crowds at World of Concrete. theconcreteproducer.com

It doesn't matter if you don't know the difference between a trowel and a hoe (we don't, either). okgazette.com

The 90° lip allows machine troweling and floating close to walls and other obstructions. forconstructionpros.com

Float Pans ' Troweler Blades. forconstructionpros.com

Complete line of float pans and power troweler replacement blades. forconstructionpros.com

When it comes to selecting a concrete power trowel for your rental inventory, there are several factors to consider. forconstructionpros.com

Power trowel improvements making the job easier, more profitable for contractors. forconstructionpros.com

Gen Irene Trowell-Harris, retired, was born in Aiken, S.C. As a child, Trowell-Harris and her 10 siblings picked cotton to help their parents maintain the farm. normantranscript.com

The Allen Engineering 500B riding trowel features the latest Allen innovations. forconstructionpros.com

Trowel Clean Sleeve Independence, Mo. masonrymagazine.com

Usage in literature

Dora liked the sound which the trowel made when it struck against the wall. "Chambers's Elementary Science Readers" by Various

This tool, in appearance, is about half way between a bayonet and a trowel. "Uncle Sam's Boys in the Philippines" by H. Irving Hancock

Why, she lays it on with a trowel. "The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 [of 2]" by William Congreve

I hove a trowel over the fence there this mornin'. "Country Neighbors" by Alice Brown

The trowel dropped from her hand. "The Lowest Rung" by Mary Cholmondeley

It is mixed with warm water to the consistency of thick cement and applied with a trowel. "Elements of Plumbing" by Samuel Dibble

Trowels, if they do useful work, have to get dirty doing it, and Petro didn't stop because of that. "Bird Stories" by Edith M. Patch

Oh, yes, she remembered Mr Brettison, and his green tin candle-box and bright trowel very well. "Witness to the Deed" by George Manville Fenn

Dig down with a trowel or heavy knife and find this storehouse of food. "Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Nature Study" by Ontario Ministry of Education

We found their trowels. "Fairy Prince and Other Stories" by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

Usage in poetry
Hunting of witches and warlocks,
Smiting the heathen horde,—
One hand on the mason's trowel,
And one on the soldier's sword.
"Cobbler Keezar's Vision" by John Greenleaf Whittier Author object (377)
To remedy this vile defect,
A piece of canvas, nail'd erect,
Kept all things private in the rear,
And kept th' inhabitant from fear,
'Till hand and trowel, far more sure,
Could make the tenement secure.
"The Parson In Pickle" by William Hutton