adze
[ adz ]
/ ædz /
noun, verb (used with object), adzed, adz·ing.
adz.
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Definition for adze (2 of 2)
adz
or adze
[ adz ]
/ ædz /
noun
an axlike tool, for dressing timbers roughly, with a curved, chisellike steel head mounted at a right angle to the wooden handle.
verb (used with object)
to dress or shape (wood) with an adz.
Origin of adz
before 900; Middle English ad(e)se, Old English adesa; *ad-es-, of obscure origin, appears to be formed like ax, and might by association with the latter have lost *w-; if so, < Germanic *wad-, cognate with Lithuanian vedegà adz
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adze
US adz
/ (ædz) /
noun
a heavy hand tool with a steel cutting blade attached at right angles to a wooden handle, used for dressing timber
Word Origin for adze
Old English adesa
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