adze
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adze
or adz (ădz)n.
An axelike tool with a curved blade at right angles to the handle, used for shaping wood.
[Middle English adese, from Old English adesa.]
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adze
(ædz) oradz
n
(Tools) a heavy hand tool with a steel cutting blade attached at right angles to a wooden handle, used for dressing timber
[Old English adesa]
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| Noun | 1. |  adze - an edge tool used to cut and shape woodedge tool - any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge) |
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