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ADZ (ADZE)
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Adz — Adz, Adze Adze, n. [OE. adese, adis, adse, AS. adesa, adese, ax, hatchet.] A carpenter s or cooper s tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Adze — Adz Adz, Adze Adze, n. [OE. adese, adis, adse, AS. adesa, adese, ax, hatchet.] A carpenter s or cooper s tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adz — /adz/, n. 1. an axlike tool, for dressing timbers roughly, with a curved, chisellike steel head mounted at a right angle to the wooden handle. v.t. 2. to dress or shape (wood) with an adz. Also, adze. [bef. 900; ME ad(e)se, OE adesa; *ad es , of… … Universalium
adze — (n.) also adz, M.E. adese, adse, from O.E. adesa adze, hatchet, of unknown origin, perhaps somehow related to O.Fr. aisse, L. ascia axe (see AX (Cf. ax)). Spelling with z is from 18c. Adze has been monosyllabic only since the seventeenth century … Etymology dictionary
adze — /adz/, n., v.t., adzed, adzing. adz. * * * or adz Hand tool for shaping wood. A handheld stone chipped to form a blade, it is one of the earliest tools, and was used widely in the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods. By Egyptian times, it had… … Universalium
adze — [adz] (US adz) noun a tool similar to an axe, with an arched blade at right angles to the handle. verb (adz, adzing, adzed) cut with an adze. Origin OE adesa, of unknown origin … English new terms dictionary
adz — or adze [adz] n. [ME adis, adse < OE adesa, adz, ax] an axlike tool for trimming and smoothing wood, etc., with a curved blade at right angles to the handle … English World dictionary
adze — adz [ædz] n [: Old English; Origin: adesa] a sharp tool with the blade at a right angle to the handle, used to shape wood … Dictionary of contemporary English
adze — (US adz) ► NOUN ▪ a tool similar to an axe, with an arched blade at right angles to the handle. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
Adze — An adze or adz (PronEng|ædz) is a tool used for smoothing rough cut wood in hand woodworking. Generally, the user stands astride a board or log and swings the adze downwards towards their feet, chipping off pieces of wood, moving backwards as… … Wikipedia
adze — /ædz / (say adz) noun 1. a heavy chisel like steel tool fastened at right angles to a wooden handle, used to dress timber, etc. –verb (t) 2. to carve out using an adze. Also, US, adz. {Middle English adese, Old English adesa} …
