adze

or adz A0107600 (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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or adze

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n. 1. an axlike tool for dressing timbers roughly, with a curved chisellike steel head mounted at a right angle to the handle. v.t. 2. to dress or shape (wood) with an adz. [before 900; Middle English ad(e)se, Old English adesa]

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Noun

adz - an edge tool used to cut and shape woodadzeedge tool - any cutting tool with a sharp cutting edge (as a chisel or knife or plane or gouge)

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adze

(US), adz a heavy hand tool with a steel cutting blade attached at right angles to a wooden handle, used for dressing timber

Adz

a tool for working wood. In the Neolithic period and the Bronze Age, adzes were fashioned from stone and had the form of a wedge with a widened, sometimes slightly arched working edge. The blade was inserted into a bent wooden handle at right angles to the handle. In the Bronze Age, adzes were also made of copper and bronze. Iron adzes came into use in the Iron Age. They had the shape of an ax with a replaceable blade set at right angles to the handle. The working edge of the adz was usually widened and arched; occasionally it was fluted for use in chiseling. Carpenters continued to use adzes until the 20th century.

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[adz] (design engineering) A cutting tool with a thin arched blade, sharpened on the concave side, at right angles on the handle; used for rough dressing of timber.

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adz A cutting tool whose thin arching blade is perpendicular to the handle; used for the rough-shaping of wood.

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Definition

ADZ➣San Andres Island, Colombia (Airport Code)

ADZ➣Amphibious Defense Zone (US DoD)

ADZ➣Airport Development Zone

ADZ➣Agricultural Development Zone (Wisconsin Department of Commerce)

ADZ➣Air Defense Zone

ADZ➣Aardvark, Dean, and Zed (UK)

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Synonyms for adz

noun an edge tool used to cut and shape wood

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