To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
The punctuation mark \.
Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
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To make a groove, hole, or mark in by scooping with or as if with a gouge.
To cheat or impose upon; in particular, to charge an unfairly or unreasonably high price.
To use a gouge.
To dig or scoop (something) out with or as if with a gouge; in particular, to use a thumb to push or try to push the eye (of a person) out of its socket.
Soft material lying between the wall of a vein and the solid vein of ore.
A bookbinder's tool with a curved face, used for blind tooling or gilding.
An incising tool that cuts blanks or forms for envelopes, gloves, etc., from leather, paper, or other materials.
An impostor.
Information.
An act of gouging.
A cut or groove, as left by a gouge or something sharp.
A chisel with a curved blade for cutting or scooping channels, grooves, or holes in wood, stone, etc.
A cheat, a fraud; an imposition.