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Mattock

Mattock Meaning & Definition
Mattock Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Mattock?

[n] a kind of pick that is used for digging; has a flat baled set at right angles to the handle

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See Also | pick | pickax | pickaxe

Mattock In Webster's Dictionary

\Mat"tock\, n. [AS. mattuc; cf. W. matog.] An implement for digging and grubbing. The head has two long steel blades, one like an adz and the other like a narrow ax or the point of a pickax. 'T is you must dig with mattock and with spade. --Shak.

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