hand tool
noun
any tool or implement designed for manual operation.
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hand-tool
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[hand-tool]
/ ˈhændˌtul /
verb (used with object)
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On May 9, 1933, Thompson received the patent for the cross-shaped screw head and the hand tool used to drive it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 12, 2026
He retrieved a backpack with water from his engine, sprayed into the ground with a couple gallons of water and dug up the dirt with his hand tool until he was satisfied it was cool.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2026
Another 2,700 people sought medical attention after an accident with a non-powered hand tool, such as a hammer or a saw, and 349 were admitted to hospital after tussles with a lawnmower.
From BBC ● Jan. 2, 2022
There is nothing more “human” than combining hand, tool and mind.
From New York Times ● Aug. 21, 2021
Henry Ward Beecher, impressed by the growing sophistication of the toolmakers, described the hand tool in a most realistic and objective manner as an "extension of a man's hand."
From Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Peter C. Welsh
This quest motivated three centuries of toolmakers and brought vitality to hand-tool design.
From Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Peter C. Welsh
The economy was built around wood cutting, charcoal burning, backward animal husbandry, hand-tool agriculture, hand-craft industry, the rudiments of commerce and finance centered in trading cities.
From Civilization and Beyond Learning from History by Scott Nearing
The divergence from European to an Anglo-American hand-tool design and the approximate date that it occurred can be suggested by a comparison of contemporary illustrations.
From Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Peter C. Welsh
"Go get from the barn the pliers, the hand-tool that pinches."
From Blind Man's Lantern by George Luther Schelling
Whatever the cause, the result did not persist long as a guide to hand-tool design.
From Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Peter C. Welsh
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