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Pickax

Pickax Meaning & Definition
Pickax Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Pickax: pick | pickaxe

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See Also | edge tool | mattock

Pickax In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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