adze
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views updated May 17 2018adze / adz/ (adz) •
n. a tool similar to an ax with an arched blade at right angles to the handle, used for cutting or shaping large pieces of wood.
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
adze
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views updated May 21 2018adze tool for cutting away the surface of wood. OE.
adesa, ME.
adese, later
adys, etc.;
adz(e) dates from XVIII; peculiarly Eng.; of unkn. orig.
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD
