adze

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To shape a material using an adze
A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood

if I wanted a board, I had no other way but to cut down a tree, set it on an edge before me, and hew it flat on either side with my axe, till I brought it to be thin as a plank, and then dub it smooth with my adze.

a tool used to cut away wood or notch logs; like an axe
Any impact cutting tool with the blade set at a right angle to the length of the handle As with hatchets and axes, adzes come in a range of sizes for use with one or two hands Unlike axes, adzes may have curved blades for gouging and are often easily removed from the handle to enable sharpening on a grindstone
An axe-like tool with its blade at right angles to the handle, used for shaping and dressing wood
A metal instrument used in funerary rituals, particularly the ritual known as the "opening of the mouth" ceremony
A small stone tool made from a flake and used as a woodworking 'chisel', usually mounted in a handle
A ground and polished stone artifact characterised by a generally rectangular shape with a beveled cutting edge on one end Used as a woodworking tool
An axelike tool with its blade at right angles to its handle, used to shape or dress timbers
an edge tool used to cut and shape wood
A tool, typically made from stone, that was presumed to be used like a modern woodworker's chisel to work wood
a tool, like an ax, used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood
An axe-like tool used for cutting
A carpenter's tool having its blade set at right angles with a long curved handle and used for trimming
A wood-working tool – used for hollowing out (boats etc) and for trimming wood – in which a flat, heavy blade is set at rightangles to the shaft Compare Axe
It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood
{i} sharp tool used to roughly cut and shape wood
A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle
a sharp tool with the blade at a right angle to the handle, used to shape wood. or adz Hand tool for shaping wood. A handheld stone chipped to form a blade, it is one of the earliest tools, and was used widely in the Paleolithic and Neolithic periods. By Egyptian times, it had acquired a wooden haft (handle) with a copper or bronze blade set flat at the top of the haft to form a T. In this form but with a steel blade, it continued to be the prime hand tool for shaping and trimming wood; the carpenter stands on or astride a log or other piece of timber, swinging the adze like a pick, down and between the legs
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adz
{n} a cutting tool with an arching edge
Adz
an edge tool used to cut and shape wood
adz
An axlike tool with a curved blade at right angles to the handle, used for shaping wood
adz
A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle
adz
{i} sharp tool used to roughly cut and shape wood
adz
alternate spelling of adze
adz
It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood
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To cut with an adz
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Third-person singular simple present of to adze
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