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  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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