ADZE (from the Old Eng. adesa, of which the origin is unknown)

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ADZE (from the Old Eng. adesa, of which the origin is unknown) , a

tool

TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a
root
- ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
- ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )
seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the
English
- ENGLISH
word " taw," to work or
dress
- DRESS (from the Fr. dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to direct, arrange)
leather
- LEATHER (a word which appears in all
  Teutonic
  - TEUTONIC
  - TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES
  languages
  - LANGUAGES
  ; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch
  leer
  - LEER
  or leder, Swed. leder, and in such
  Celtic
  - CELTIC
  forms as Welsh llader)
- LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL
)

used for cutting and planing. It is somewhat like an axe reversed, the edge of the blade curving inward and placed at right angles to the handle. This shape is most suitable for planing uneven

timber

TIMBER

, as inequalities are " hooked off " by the curved blade. (See Toons.)

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