adze definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an edge tool used to cut and shape wood [syn: adz, adze] Merriam Webster's also adz noun Etymology: Middle English adse ... to the handle. --v.tr. dress or cut with an adze. Etymology: OE adesa Webster's 1913 Dictionary Adz Adz, Adze Adze, n. [OE. adese, adis, adse, AS. adesa, adese, ax, hatchet ...
... Arabic word, qudum, which is the name for the native adze, is from the same origin. The adze is the only chopping instrument of the Syrian carpenter. He ... foreigner envies. Many students of Syrian life believe that the adze is a tool which has survived from the early Hebrew ...
... century a digging and grubbing tool with features of an adze and an ax or pick Britannica Concise Picklike digging implement ... n. an agricultural tool shaped like a pickaxe, with an adze and a chisel edge as the ends of the head ...
... work. "The carpenter saws, planes, and hews with his hand-adze, sitting on the ground or upon the plank he is ... work; the carpenter saws, planes, and hews with his hand-adze, sitting upon the ground or upon the plank he is ...