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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Top-tool

/(-to͞ol`)/ · Top·-tool · IPA
01 n. A tool applied to the top of the work, in distinction from a tool inserted in the anvil and on which the work is placed.
  1. 1.
    A tool applied to the top of the work, in distinction from a tool inserted in the anvil and on which the work is placed.(Blacksmithing.)