Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pickax"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pickax \Pick"ax`\, Pickaxe \Pick"axe`\, n. [A corruption of OE.
pikois, pikeis, F. picois, fr. pic. See {Pick}, n.]
A pick with a point at one end, a transverse edge or blade at
the other, and a handle inserted at the middle; a hammer with
a flattened end for driving wedges and a pointed end for
piercing as it strikes. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pickax
n : a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head
that is pointed on both ends; "they used picks and
sledges to break the rocks" [syn: {pick}, {pickaxe}]
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