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单词 head-axe
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head-axe
head-axe n. (a) Whaling an axe used for butchering the head of a whale (obsolete); (b) an axe having a head consisting of a sharp metal blade combined with a backward-pointing spike, used by some headhunting tribes in the Philippines (now historical).
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1818 T. Lynn Improved Syst. Telegr. Communication (ed. 2) sig. 2A4v Ironmonger... Head-axe and helve.
1874 C. M. Scammon Marine Mammals N. Amer. 232 The rest of the cutting gear..which consists of toggles, spades..head-axes, etc.
1901 Jrnl. Amer. Folk-lore 14 205 The young Igorrote..goes forth, taking his head-axe with him. Within a radius of about three miles of his native village he is in honor bound to behead nobody.
2004 E. M. Coffman Regulars 66 One did not have to venture very far from Baguio to see warriors with their head-axes and spears along the trail.
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