adz

[ adz ]

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

Words that may be confused with adz

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

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