TOOK'PICK TOOL, noun [In old Law Latin, we find attile, attilia, stores, tools, implements.] 1. An instrument of manual operation, particularly such as are used by farmers and mechanics; as the tools of a joiner, cabinet maker, smith or shoemaker. 2. A person used as an instrument by another person; a word of reproach. Men of intrigue always have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes. TOOL, verb transitive To shape with a tool.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI