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| + | AX, n. improperly written axe. Gr. | ||
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| + | An instrument usually of iron, for hewing timber and chopping wood. It consists of a head with an arching edge, and a helve or handle. The ax is of two kinds, the broad ax for hewing, and the narrow ax for rough-hewing and cutting. The hatchet is a small ax to be used with one hand. | ||
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| + | Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828. | ||
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ax
AX, n. improperly written axe. Gr.
An instrument usually of iron, for hewing timber and chopping wood. It consists of a head with an arching edge, and a helve or handle. The ax is of two kinds, the broad ax for hewing, and the narrow ax for rough-hewing and cutting. The hatchet is a small ax to be used with one hand.
Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828.
