PICKAX

pick, pickax, pickaxe

(noun) a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends; “they used picks and sledges to break the rocks”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

pickax (plural pickaxes)

Alternative spelling of pickaxe

Verb

pickax (third-person singular simple present pickaxes, present participle pickaxing, simple past and past participle pickaxed)

Alternative spelling of pickaxe

Source: Wiktionary


Pick"ax`, Pick"axe`, n. Etym: [A corruption of OE. pikois, pikeis, F. picois, fr. pic. See Pick, n.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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