Draw"ing knife" (?), Draw"knife` (?), n.

1.

A joiner's tool having a blade with a handle at each end, used to shave off surfaces, by drawing it toward one; a shave; -- called also drawshave, and drawing shave.

2. Carp.

A tool used for the purpose of making an incision along the path a saw is to follow, to prevent it from tearing the surface of the wood.

 

© Webster 1913.

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