stone axe
Britishnoun
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a primitive axe made of chipped stone
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a blunt axe used for cutting stone
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The stone axe suggests that a written language was in use much earlier than previously thought.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 15, 2022
In this Feb. 20, 1962 file photo, an elder warrior with a stone axe over his shoulder stands over the Baliem Valley in the central mountain range of Papua New Guinea.
From US News ● Sep. 21, 2016
Closer analysis suggested it could be a chip hewn off the blade of a stone axe as it was re-sharpened.
From BBC ● May 10, 2016
Felling a single four-foot tree with an indigenous stone axe would take uy hours—nearly three weeks of eight-hour days.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
Here, indeed, there was rumor and conjecture, for the deadly tool was a primitive stone axe, bound by gut to the wooden handle, and surmises the most extravagant and improbable were indulged in.
From The Three Impostors or The Transmutations by Machen, Arthur
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