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Adze (noun, verb)
adze or adz [ adz ]


noun
1. an axlike tool, for dressing timbers roughly, with a curved, chisel-like steel head mounted at a right angle to the wooden handle.

verb (used with object), adzed, adzĀ·ing.
2. to dress or shape (wood) with an adze.

See synonyms for: adze / adzes on Thesaurus.com
WORDS RELATED TO ADZE

blade, knife, edge, gouge

ORIGIN: First recorded before 900; Middle English ad(e)se, Old English adesa; of obscure origin

HOW TO USE ADZE IN A SENTENCE
Adze, Adz, adz, n. a carpenter's tool consisting of a thin arched blade with its edge at right angles to the handle.
CHAMBERS'S TWENTIETH CENTURY DICTIONARY (PART 1 OF 4: A-D)|VARIOUS

They had not been an hour on shore before one man had an axe stolen from him and another an adze.
A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEA|WILLIAM BLIGH

The crack of the inspector's revolver was heard once, but the fugitive had turned like lightning and hurled his adze.
THE INCENDIARY|W. A. (WILLIAM AUGUSTINE) LEAHY

This adze blade is of jade, and I am told that it represents "the price of a fat man for cannibal purposes."
THE HARMSWORTH MAGAZINE, VOL. 1, 1898-1899, NO. 6|VARIOUS

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