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trowel
1. any of various small hand tools having a flat metal blade attached to a handle, used for scooping or spreading plaster or similar materials
2. a similar tool with a curved blade used by gardeners for lifting plants, etc.
trowel [′trau̇l]
(design engineering)
Any of various hand tools consisting of a wide, flat or curved blade with a short wooden handle; used by gardeners, plasterers, and bricklayers.
trowel
trowel
A flat hand tool having a broad steel blade; used to apply, spread, and shape plaster or mortar or to impart a relatively smooth surface to concrete floors and other unformed concrete surfaces in the final stages of finishing operations.
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In Nebraska, 1966, and The Dylan Painting, 1966/86, Marden's meticulous marginal effects (not to mention the second's hip title) prompt comparison with Jules Olitski, while the dense textures are a period hallmark--as familiar as Olitski's lush layerings or as virtually forgotten now as, say, Sam Tchakalian's troweled fields.
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