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PICKAXE
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
Etymology
Noun
pickaxe (plural pickaxes)
A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.
Verb
pickaxe (third-person singular simple present pickaxes, present participle pickaxing, simple past and past participle pickaxed)
To use a 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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