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pickaxe |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pickax \Pick"ax`\, Pickaxe \Pick"axe`\, n. [A corruption of OE pikois pikeis F. picois, fr pic. See {Pick}, n.] A pick with a point at one end a transverse edge or blade at the other and a handle inserted at the middle; a hammer with a flattened end for driving wedges and a pointed end for piercing as it strikes. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pickaxe n : a heavy wooden-handled iron tool with a curved head that is pointed on both ends "they used picks and sledges to break the rocks" [syn: {pick}, {pickax}]
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