Gouge

The term Gouge (present participle: gouging) is used in different ways:

  • Gouge, a form of chisel
  • Gouge (grape), another name for the European wine grape Gouais blanc
  • Eye-gouging (rugby union), an offence in rugby union
  • Eye-gouging, the act of pressing or tearing the eye
  • Fault gouge, an unconsolidated rock type
  • Shale Gouge Ratio, a mathematical algorithm to predict fault rock types
  • Seabed gouging by ice, when floating ice (such as an iceberg) drifts across isobaths and comes into contact with the seabed.
  • Gouging (fighting style), an antiquated form of combat in the back-country United States
  • Fish-hooking, gouging as part of self-defence or martial arts
  • Price gouging, a legal term
  • Adze, a stone tool

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