Meaning of PICKAX
| Pronunciation: | | 'pik`aks
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| | Definition: | | [n] 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" |
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| | Synonyms: | | pick, pickaxe |
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| | See Also: | | edge tool, mattock | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pick"ax`\, Pickaxe \Pick"axe`\, n. [A corruption of OE.
pikois, pikeis, F. picois, fr. pic. See {Pick}, n.]
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.
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