Ax

From Textus Receptus

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.