adze

Some adze heads

Meanings

Noun

  • A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood.

Verb

  • To shape a material using an adze.

Origin

  • From Middle English adse, adese, from Old English adesa, eadesa, from Proto-Germanic *adisô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃edʰḗs (compare Hittite).

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