Definition of axe

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Axe (n.) A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, etc. It is wielded by a wooden helve or handle, so fixed in a socket or eye as to be in the same plane with the blade. The broadax, or carpenter's ax, is an ax for hewing timber, made heavier than the chopping ax, and with a broader and thinner blade and a shorter handle..

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Oppressive :: Oppressive (a.) Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law..
Cerebropathy :: Cerebropathy (n.) A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed; -- called also brain fag..
Relaxable :: Relaxable (a.) Capable of being relaxed.
Squint :: Squint (v. t.) To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes.
Assessable :: Assessable (a.) Liable to be assessed or taxed; as, assessable property..
Relaxation :: Relaxation (n.) The act or process of relaxing, or the state of being relaxed; as, relaxation of the muscles; relaxation of a law..
Equally :: Equally (adv.) In an equal manner or degree in equal shares or proportion; with equal and impartial justice; without difference; alike; evenly; justly; as, equally taxed, furnished, etc..
Unbend :: Unbend (v. i.) To cease to be bent; to become straight or relaxed.
Publican :: Publican (n.) A farmer of the taxes and public revenues; hence, a collector of toll or tribute. The inferior officers of this class were often oppressive in their exactions, and were regarded with great detestation..
Taxor :: Taxor (n.) Same as Taxer, n., 2..
Hoaxer :: Hoaxer (n.) One who hoaxes.
Gabeler :: Gabeler (n.) A collector of gabels or taxes.
Cross :: Cross (n.) A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle.
Resolution :: Resolution (n.) The state of being relaxed; relaxation.
Couple :: Couple (a.) Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around parallel axes..
Pinacoid :: Pinacoid (n.) A plane parallel to two of the crystalline axes.
Farm :: Farm (v. t.) To give up to another, as an estate, a business, the revenue, etc., on condition of receiving in return a percentage of what it yields; as, to farm the taxes..
Comb :: Comb (n.) The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb..
Diclinic :: Diclinic (a.) Having two of the intersections between the three axes oblique. See Crystallization.
Precinct :: Precinct (n.) A parish or prescribed territory attached to a church, and taxed for its support..
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