jedding ax

[ jed-ing ]

/ ˈdʒɛd ɪŋ /

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noun

a stonemason's ax, similar to a kevel, having a head with one flat and one pointed face.

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Origin of jedding ax

1895–1900; jedding, variant of jadding (jad cutting in a quarry (< ?) + -ing¹)

Words nearby jedding ax

Jebel Toubkal, Jebus, Jebusite, Jedburgh, Jedda, jedding ax, Jedi, jee, jeelie, Jeep, jeep carrier

How to use jedding ax in a sentence

The crusty conservative battle-ax Phyllis Schlafly is giving speeches saying that Obama worships government like a god.
RFRA Madness: What’s Next for Anti-Democratic ‘Religious Exemptions’|Jay Michaelson|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One morning a few years ago, the editor left his apartment to find an ax stuck into a log on his doorstep.
The Kremlin Is Killing Echo of Moscow, Russia’s Last Independent Radio Station|Anna Nemtsova|November 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“Kasich wields his ax much less selectively than do most of his party colleagues,” the New York Times Magazine reported in 1998.
John Kasich: The GOP’s Hobbled 2016 Dark Horse|W. James Antle III|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Then, one warm summer day, Andrew and Abby were found hacked to death more than a dozen times with an ax.
Would You Stay in Lizzie Borden’s Ax-Murder House?|Nina Strochlic|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST

The ensuing night gave me the grand migraine of my life, with throbs like the blows of an ax and continuous pinwheels.
The Stacks: H.L. Mencken on the 1904 Baltimore Fire|H.L. Mencken|October 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Victor was the younger son and brother—a tete montee, with a temper which invited violence and a will which no ax could break.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
From somewhere in the thicket below a muffled thump, thump, thump came up to them, as though some one was wielding an ax.
Motor Matt's "Century" Run|Stanley R. Matthews
The blows of the ax, off in the chaparral, were louder in their ears now, and they could hear a mumble of voices.
Motor Matt's "Century" Run|Stanley R. Matthews
Gregory picked up an ax as he stepped back, and then stood confronting the boys threateningly.
Motor Matt's "Century" Run|Stanley R. Matthews
The ax was to sever the head from the lifeless body, and all the headless trunks were to be interred together.
Madame Roland, Makers of History|John S. C. Abbott