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Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Woodworking Tools/Gouge
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A gouge is a chisel with a curved blade. If pushed along a piece of wood, it would plow out a U-shaped channel. Gouges are sharpened with a slipstone, which is a whetstone with a curved edge.