MATTOCK (O.E. mattuc, of uncertain origin)

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MATTOCK (O.E. mattuc, of uncertain origin) , 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
leather
- LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic
  languages
  - LANGUAGES
  ; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch
  leer
  - LEER
  or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
- LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL
)

having a

double

iron

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

head, of which one end is shaped like an adze, and the other like a pickaxe. The head has a socket in the centre in which the handle is inserted transversely to the

blades

BLADES, WILLIAM (1824-1890)

. It is used chiefly for grubbing and rooting among tree stumps in plantations and copses, where the roots are too

for the use of a spade, or for loosening hard soil.

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