celt
noun
an ax of stone or metal without perforations or grooves, for hafting.
celts
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pluralof celt.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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Researchers also uncovered celts, or ax heads, made from shell and stone, including some made from basalt that likely came from the distant Appalachians.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 10, 2023
This early type of ornament can be seen on some of the bronze celts, and also on the pottery, notably the food-vessels, which are often most tastefully decorated.
From The Bronze Age in Ireland by George Coffey
The "celts," to one who does not profess to have made a profound study of British antiquities, seem to be neither here nor there in the argument.
From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by J. E. (James Edmund) Vincent
They consist of bronze celts, swords, hammers, knives, hair-pins, small rings, ear-rings, bracelets, fish-hooks, awls, spiral-wires, lance-heads, arrow-heads, buttons, needles, various ornaments, saws, daggers, sickles, and double-pointed pins.
From A Manual of the Antiquity of Man by J. P. (John Patterson) MacLean
Ornamented bronze celts, 24 Plate I, Irish bronze celts in the order of their development, 24 17.
From The Bronze Age in Ireland by George Coffey
