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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Myeloplaxes :: Myeloplaxes (pl. ) of Myelopla.
Homaxonial :: Homaxonial (a.) Relating to that kind of homology or symmetry, the mathematical conception of organic form, in which all axes are equal. See under Promorphology..
Cereous :: Cereous (a.) Waxen; like wax.
Ratepayer :: Ratepayer (n.) One who pays rates or taxes.
Squeeze :: Squeeze (v. t.) Fig.: To oppress with hardships, burdens, or taxes; to harass; to crush..
Squint :: Squint (v. t.) To cause to look with noncoincident optic axes.
Emphyteusis :: Emphyteusis (n.) A real right, susceptible of assignment and of descent, charged on productive real estate, the right being coupled with the enjoyment of the property on condition of taking care of the estate and paying taxes, and sometimes a small rent..
Flaxy :: Flaxy (a.) Like flax; flaxen.
Interaxis :: Interaxis (n.) The space between two axes. See Axis, 6..
Flaxen :: Flaxen (a.) Made of flax; resembling flax or its fibers; of the color of flax; of a light soft straw color; fair and flowing, like flax or tow; as, flaxen thread; flaxen hair..
Jack :: Jack (n.) A pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack.
Waxen :: Waxen (a.) Covered with wax; waxed; as, a waxen tablet..
Waxed :: Waxed (imp.) of Wa.
Strict :: Strict (a.) Tense; not relaxed; as, a strict fiber..
Wood-wash :: Wood-wash (n.) Alt. of Wood-waxe.
Gabeler :: Gabeler (n.) A collector of gabels or taxes.
Parish :: Parish (n.) The same district, constituting a civil jurisdiction, with its own officers and regulations, as respects the poor, taxes, etc..
Collectorship :: Collectorship (n.) The office of a collector of customs or of taxes.
Axstone :: Axstone (n.) A variety of jade. It is used by some savages, particularly the natives of the South Sea Islands, for making axes or hatchets..
Quarterhung :: Quarterhung (a.) Having trunnions the axes of which lie below the bore; -- said of a cannon.
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