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gouge out his eyes. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
TUCHMAN: The city is imploring business people not to price gouge, which is happening in some cases. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 11, 2007] Reference
In tapping the tree, the gouge is the best implement that can be used, provided it is an object to save the timber. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
The "gouge," Navyese for hot information, was obviously being withheld for the moment. From Wordnik.com. [Carrie]
Did someone "gouge" you somewhere along the line (so to speak) - Come on, let's talk it out .. so we can all feel better. From Wordnik.com. [Sound Politics: "Peak Oil" Despair Versus Energy Innovation] Reference
This is not a conscious decision of anybody to "pass on" a cost or "gouge" a buyer, but simply is the way that markets work. From Wordnik.com. [California Dreaming, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
Fig. 31 is a detail of a kind of gouge work which you must all know very well. From Wordnik.com. [Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship] Reference
We aren't allowed to use the term "gouge" in such a classy place, but let's just say you'll be paying well above the usual rate. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Christopher Dodd, chairman of the Senate banking committee, said last month that banks were using lax regulation to "gouge" customers. From Wordnik.com. [570News - All News Radio] Reference
As a result the emphasis of the local population is not to "gouge" the "turistas" but rather to protect them like an endangered species. From Wordnik.com. [relocating to Lake Chapala area] Reference
The Balkans can be a tourist bargain -- or a gouge. From Wordnik.com. [Escape To The Balkans] Reference
They'll gouge your eyes out but you won't be blind. From Wordnik.com. [A Short Snippet of Text] Reference
I hate the way they gouge my eyelids while I sleep. From Wordnik.com. [On the Wife's Side] Reference
"Some lad tried to gouge out one of my eyes," added Bert. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Fairfield's Pluck and Luck] Reference
"What! tried to gouge out the Pleasant-Faced Lion's eyes?". From Wordnik.com. [The Tale of Lal A Fantasy] Reference
He'll gouge out a piece as big as a baseball at every bite. From Wordnik.com. [Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good] Reference
The chisel or gouge is the best tool to employ in this work. From Wordnik.com. [Studies of Trees] Reference
Where the diseased spot appeared, it was cut out with a gouge. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Second Annual Meeting Ithaca, New York, December 14 and 15, 1911] Reference
This consists of two parts, (1) a strong gouge-like portion, and. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
"I thought it was a way for the city to gouge more money out of us.". From Wordnik.com. [Pet licensing: Owners, vets have mixed views] Reference
If it tries to gouge consumers, it can be kicked out of the marketplace. From Wordnik.com. [Health-care reform: What will happen to premiums without it?] Reference
The tool is a combination of the round nose chisel and the ordinary gouge. From Wordnik.com. [A Course In Wood Turning] Reference
The whetting, of course, is the reverse of that on the outside bevel gouge. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
The sharpening of a gouge for turning is rather difficult for the average student. From Wordnik.com. [A Course In Wood Turning] Reference
The handcuffs used by the sheriff's deputies had sharp edges designed to gouge into our wrists. From Wordnik.com. [Rev. Peter Morales: Handcuffs, Hangman and Jesus: Reflections on My Arrest at the SB 1070 Protests in Phoenix] Reference
Thus, they're much harder to gouge than the price-insensitive types that use the nondiscounted rate. From Wordnik.com. [Can't Anyone Here Play This Game?] Reference
For the first time ever, this move would gouge the monthly benefits that low-income families receive. From Wordnik.com. [Kati Haycock: Cutting Food Stamps to Save Teacher Jobs: A Hateful Trade-Off] Reference
The gouge that is commonly used for cutting concave outlines on end grain, is the inside bevel gouge. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
They feed their herds on natural pasture grasses and neither gouge the soil with plows nor spray insecticides. From Wordnik.com. [The Return Of The Big Cats] Reference
A friend once left gouge marks on a door frame, so determined was she to stand her ground and "unburden herself". From Wordnik.com. [William Hague could learn from Robbie Williams] Reference
Experiments have shown that a gouge or knife may carry the spores into healthy bark and new infection take place. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912] Reference
Edge tools are the firmer chisel, the mortise chisel, the socket chisel, the gouge, the hatchet, the adze, the drawing knife. From Wordnik.com. [Woodworking Tools 1600-1900] Reference
British medical officers had been using to gouge out the eyes of the wounded Germans who had fallen into their vindictive hands!. From Wordnik.com. [The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship] Reference
It will take three to four months for a 30-ton drill to gouge a 2,200-foot tunnel down to the chamber where the men are holed up. From Wordnik.com. [Underground Dreams: Beer, Hugs and Weddings] Reference
The gouge is manipulated in much the same way as the chisel, and like the chisel it is used longitudinally, laterally, and transversely. From Wordnik.com. [Handwork in Wood] Reference
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