Tool (?), n. [OE. tol,tool. AS. tōl; akin to Icel. tōl, Goth. taijan to do, to make, taui deed, work, and perhaps to E. taw to dress leather. √64.] 1. An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work.
2. A machine for cutting or shaping materials; — also called machine tool.
3. Hence, any instrument of use or service.
That angry fool...
Whipping her horse, did with his smarting tool
Oft whip her dainty self. Spenser.
4. A weapon.
Him that is aghast of every tool. Chaucer.
5. A person used as an instrument by another person; — a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes.
I was not made for a minion or a tool. Burks.