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stone-axe
1. A two-edged axe used for hewing stone.
c1000ælfric Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 141 Bipennis, twibille uel stanæx. c1357Durham Acc. Rolls (Surtees) 560 Pro Stanaxes, Hakkes, [etc.]. 1483Cath. Angl. 359/2 A Sstane axe, vbi A mason Axe. 1533MS. Rawl. D. 776 lf. 147 b, For a stone axe ffor lyk vse. 1875Knight Dict. Mech., Stone-axe, an axe with two somewhat obtuse edges, used in spawling and hewing stone.
2. An axe made of stone.
1864H. Woodward in Intell. Observ. V. 180 Stone axe of Serpentine. 1865Lubbock Preh. Times iv. (1878) 98 The North American stone axe or tomahawk. |