pickaxe

Variant of pickax

pickax definition

pick·ax or pickaxe pick′·axe′ (pik′aks′)

noun

a pick with a point at one end of the head and a chisel-like edge at the other

Etymology: altered (infl. by ax) < ME pikois < OFr picquois, pickax < pic, pike

transitive verb, intransitive verb pickaxed -·axed′, pickaxing -·ax′·ing

to use a pickax (on)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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