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adze

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adz or adze  (dz)
n.
An axlike tool with a curved blade at right angles to the handle, used for shaping wood.
[Middle English adese, from Old English adesa.]
adze US, adz [ædz]
n
(Engineering / Tools) a heavy hand tool with a steel cutting blade attached at right angles to a wooden handle, used for dressing timber
[Old English adesa]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.adzeadze - an edge tool used to cut and shape wood
adz
edge tool - any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge)
Translations
adze adz (US) [ædz] N → azuela f


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He sailed from England, and arrived safely at Porto de la Plata, where he took an adze and assisted his men to build a large boat.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
However, I made abundance of things, even without tools; and some with no more tools than an adze and a hatchet, which perhaps were never made that way before, and that with infinite labour.
Robinson Crusoe by Defoe, Daniel View in context
She also gave him a sharp adze, and then led the way to the far end of the island where the largest trees grew--alder, poplar and pine, that reached the sky--very dry and well seasoned, so as to sail light for him in the water.
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