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1 Adz -- rank: 1000

Adz definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary ADZ, n. An iron instrument with an arching edge, across the ... an edge tool used to cut and shape wood [syn: adz, adze] Merriam Webster's noun see adze Webster's 1913 Dictionary Adz Adz, Adze Adze, n. [OE. adese, adis, adse, AS. adesa, adese ... slicing away the surface of wood. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Adz Adz, v. t. To cut with an adz. [R.] -- ...

2 adze -- rank: 557

... an edge tool used to cut and shape wood [syn: adz, adze] Merriam Webster's also adz noun Etymology: Middle English adse, from Old English adesa Date ... chiefly for shaping wood Oxford Reference Dictionary n. & v. (US adz) --n. a tool for cutting away the surface of wood ... with an adze. Etymology: OE adesa Webster's 1913 Dictionary Adz Adz, Adze Adze, n. [OE. adese, adis, adse, AS. adesa, adese ...

3 TOOLS -- rank: 429

... and American) "axe") must also somewhere include the word for adz, but the specific term, if there were any such (ma'atsadh(?)), is unknown. But the adz is a very ancient tool and must certainly have existed ... on metals. In particular, with a broad chisel and an adz the surface of wood may be finished very smoothly, and ...

4 Hough -- rank: 339

... beast that connects the thigh with the leg. 2. An adz; a hoe. [Not in use.] HOUGH, v.t. hok. To ... Dictionary Hough Hough, n. [Cf. D. hak. Cf. Hack.] An adz; a hoe. [Obs.] --Bp. Stillingfleet. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Hough ...

5 Dubbing -- rank: 339

... dress smooth; to dab; as: (a) To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth. Webster's ... rubbing, smoothing, or dressing; a dressing off smooth with an adz. 3. A dressing of flour and water used by weavers ...

6 Hoe -- rank: 214

... fields and gardens. It is in shape something like an adz, being a plate of iron, with an eye for a ...

7 Hatchet -- rank: 214

... s Dictionary of English Synonyms n. Small axe. Moby Thesaurus adz, ax, battle-ax, bread knife, bushwhacker, butcher knife, carving knife ...

8 Mattock -- rank: 214

... The head has two long steel blades, one like an adz and the other like a narrow ax or the point ...

9 edge tool -- rank: 214

... by bringing acids into contact with them. --Bacon. Moby Thesaurus adz, ax, blade, bread knife, bushwhacker, butcher knife, carving knife, chaser ...

10 palstave -- rank: 214

... Dictionary Palstave Pal"stave`, n. [Dan. paalstav.] A peculiar bronze adz, used in prehistoric Europe about the middle of the bronze ...

11 jackknife -- rank: 214

... knife. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary see jack-knife Moby Thesaurus adz, ax, belly buster, belly flop, belly whopper, bread knife, bushwhacker ...

12 Dubbed -- rank: 214

... dress smooth; to dab; as: (a) To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth.

13 Dub -- rank: 214

... dress smooth; to dab; as: (a) To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth. Webster's ...

14 amphibious defense zone -- rank: 214

... forces for the purpose of air defense. Also called an ADZ. (JP 3-02)

15 tool -- rank: 214

... See CATS PAW. Moby Thesaurus Charlie McCarthy, Federal, T square, adz, agency, agent, aid, amanuensis, ancilla, apparatus, apple-polisher, appliance, ass ...