adze
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adze
- /ædz/
Sounds like adds, ads · Rhymes with -ædz
Where it comes from
From Middle English adse, adese, from Old English adesa, eadesa (compare the oldest forms: adosa, adosan), assumed from Proto-Germanic *adisô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃edʰḗs (compare Hittite [script needed] (atešša, “axe, hatchet”)).
noun adzes · adz
- A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood. ...if I wanted a board, I had no other way but to cut down a tree, set it on an edge before me, and hew it flat on either side with my axe, till I brought it to be thin as a plank, and then dub it smooth with my adze.
verb adzes · adzing · adzed · adz
- To shape a material using an adze.
Translations
Every language
noun cutting tool
| Español | azuela, zuela, achuela, aja |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 까뀌 kkakkwi |
| 日本語 | 釿 chōna |
| 中文 | 錛子 /锛子 bēnzi, 錛頭 /锛头 bēntou |
| Kiswahili | tezo |
| Português | enxó |
| Français | herminette |
| Deutsch | Queraxt, Dechsel |
| Italiano | ascia |
| Ελληνικά | σκεπάρνι skepárni |
| Română | teslă |
| Русский | тесло́ tesló, де́ксель dékselʹ |
| العربية | قَدُوم qadūm |
| עברית | מַעֲצָד ma'atsád |
verb to shape material with an adze
| Русский | теса́ть tesátʹ |
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title = {adze},
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