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adze
adze tool similar in purpose and use to an axe but with the cutting edge at right angles to the handle rather than aligned with it. The details of construction of a particular adze will depend on its intended application. Some types have a single cutting edge with the rear side of the head formed into a hammer or a picklike tool. Other types have a head with two identical cutting edges back to back. The principal use of the adze is in dressing and squaring large timbers. However, since these two processes are now usually performed by machine tools in factories, the adze is no longer commonly used. |
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"adze." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "adze." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-adze.html "adze." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-adze.html |
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adze, or sometimes spelt addes in old books on the art of shipbuilding, the principal tool of the old-time shipbuilder in the days of wooden ships. It resembled a garden mattock but with a longer and sharper blade slightly curved inwards towards the handle. It was always considered a most difficult tool to use, but with it an experienced shipbuilder could smooth, or ‘dub’, an oak plank and leave it as smooth as if it had been planed.
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"adze." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "adze." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-adze.html "adze." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-adze.html |
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adze / adz/ (adz) • n. a tool similar to an ax with an arched blade at right angles to the handle, used for cutting or shaping large pieces of wood. |
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"adze." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "adze." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-adze.html "adze." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-adze.html |
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adze tool for cutting away the surface of wood. OE. adesa, ME. adese, later adys, etc.; adz(e) dates from XVIII; peculiarly Eng.; of unkn. orig.
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T. F. HOAD. "adze." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "adze." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-adze.html T. F. HOAD. "adze." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-adze.html |
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•adze (US adz)
•Everglades • Palisades
•Leeds • proceeds • Perseids
•Geminids
•besides, ides
•upsides • Mods • towards • Rhodes
•crossroads • Lloyd's • adenoids
•goods, Woods
•backwoods • suds • soapsuds
•Richards • innards • backwards
•Edwards • inwards • forwards
•downwards • outwards • afterwards
•Fields, Shields
•Bluefields • Reynolds • Sands
•badlands • odds and ends • calends
•zounds • Falklands
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"adze." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 10 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "adze." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 10, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-adze.html "adze." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 10, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-adze.html |
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