AXE (0. Eng. aex; a word common, in different forms, in the Teutonic languages, and akin to the Greek 41v17; the New English Dictionary prefers the spelling " ax ")

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AXE (0. Eng. aex; a word common, in different forms, in the Teutonic languages, and akin to the Greek 41v17; the New English Dictionary prefers the spelling " ax ") , 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 forms as Welsh llader)
- LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL
)

or weapon, taking various shapes, but, when not compounded with some distinguishing word (e.g. in " pick-axe "), generally formed

Avonian

AVONIAN

Viseen Dinantien
by an edged head fixed upon a handle for striking. A "

hatchet

HATCHET (adapted from the Fr. hachette, diminutive of hache, axe, hacker, to cut, hack)

" is a small sort of axe.

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