adz
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9.9
- noun
- /ædz/
- US
- Regarding tools, I long ago made sure I have lots of hand tools, everything from wrenches and sockets to adz and axes, drawknives and butter churns, cream separators to froes and straight razors.
- using an adz
Examples
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He prefers to carve furniture with his adz rather than using power tools for precise work.
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Frank uses the "adz" to rip open the heavy manhole cover.
Fiction book (2000) -
Zeke's adz chops at the morning silence.
Fiction book (1997) -
The teeth on the "claw-end" and the spike on the "adz-end" are embedded into the concrete, stapling the cables to the ceiling.
Fiction book (2000) -
The parents catch opposite ends of the cloth—the father using a small ax and the mother using a small adz—and uncover the young woman to the cheers of the gathered crowd.
Academic text (1998) -
The carpenter skillfully shaped the wood with his adz, creating a smooth surface.
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Using an adz, she hollowed out the log to make a beautiful wooden bowl.
Synonyms
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9.9
A hand tool with a curved blade set across the handle used to shape and smooth wood
Surface Forms
Etymology
Adz comes from an old German word for a cutting tool and has been used in English for many centuries. An adz is like a sideways axe with a curved blade used to 'shape' wood, so the old name fits its modern meaning.