0 a small tool consisting of a flat metal blade joined to a handle, used for spreading building materials such as cement --
1 a small tool that has a flat, metal blade and a handle, used to spread building materials such as plaster or cement, or a similar tool with a curved, pointed blade used to garden --
The trowel is used to create recognizable portraits of the musicians, with the paint on a white background appearing as if a woodcut.
The trenches were then cleaned and smoothed by hand trowel.
A trowel is used to scratch the surface horizontally or in a crisscross pattern to provide a key for the second layer.
Casein is easily applied either as a thick coat with a hand trowel or, for delicate thin leaf stems, with a fine brush.
A trowel is then used to apply the joint compound.
The fixed finger is trowel-like in shape with a single tooth near the tip.
The application process involves using a small metal trowel which is heated over a fire.
I want to see the lad who is useful with a trowel or some other and perhaps finer instrument have a better chance than he has had in the past.
