trowel
(verb) use a trowel on; for light garden work or plaster work
Source: WordNet® 3.1
trowelled
(British) simple past tense and past participle of trowel
Source: Wiktionary
Trow"el, n. Etym: [OE. truel, OF. truele, F. truelle, LL. truella, L. trulla, dim. of trua a ladle; probably akin to Gr. quirl a stirrer, MHG. twirel, OHG. dwiril, Icel. Ăľvara, AS. Ăľwiril. Cf. Twirl.]
1. A mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, and breaking bricks to shape them.
2. A gardener's tool, somewhat like a scoop, used in taking up plants, stirring the earth, etc.
3. (Founding)
Definition: A tool used for smoothing a mold. Trowel bayonet. See Spade bayonet, under Spade.
– Fish trowel. See Fish slice, under Fish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
18 January 2025
(noun) (Yiddish) a little; a piece; “give him a shtik cake”; “he’s a shtik crazy”; “he played a shtik Beethoven”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
