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firmer definition

firmer (fʉr′mər)

adjective

designating a carpenter's chisel or gouge with a thin blade fixed in a handle

Etymology: Fr fermoir, altered < formoir < former, to form

noun

a firmer chisel or gouge

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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