adz
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adze
or adz (ădz)n.
An axelike tool with a curved blade at right angles to the handle, used for shaping wood.
[Middle English adese, from Old English adesa.]
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adz
or adze
(ædz)n.
1. an axlike tool for dressing timbers roughly, with a curved chisellike steel head mounted at a right angle to the handle.
v.t. 2. to dress or shape (wood) with an adz.
[before 900; Middle English ad(e)se, Old English adesa]
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Noun | 1. | adz - an edge tool used to cut and shape wood edge tool - any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge) |
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Translations
adz(e)
n → Dechsel f
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