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Axt  

Definition

  • A flat, heavy cutting tool of stone or metal (bronze) in which the cutting edge is parallel to the haft and which might have the head and handle in one piece. Its main function was for woodworking (hewing, cleaving, or chopping trees) but it was also used as a weapon of war, as the battle ax.

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Source

  • Kipfer, B. A. Dictionary of Artifacts 2007. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford.p.22

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  • axe

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  • ax

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https://vocabs.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/defcthesaurus/axe/4.57

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