adz

[ adz ]

/ ædz /

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noun, verb (used with object), adzed, adz·ing.

a variant of adze.

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WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH adz

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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
This is generally done with an instrument of bone, cut something in the shape of a small adz, with a serrate edge.
Early Western Travels 1748-1846, Volume XX|Various
It was a dugout or canoe, made by hollowing with axe and adz a section of a cucumber tree.
A Dream of Empire|William Henry Venable
Figure 16 represents the only adz or gouge form implement found.
Archeological Investigations|Gerard Fowke

From this fête he returned eagerly to his work, with saw, hammer and adz, at Zaandam.
The Empire of Russia|John S. C. Abbott