axe : Idioms & Phrases

• noun the handle of an ax
  ax handle.
  

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• noun the cutting head of an ax
  ax head.
  

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• noun a sharp-tongued domineering wife
  battle-ax.
  
• noun a broadax used as a weapon
  battle-ax.
  

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Bat"tle-ax`, Bat"tle-axe` noun (Also<

• Battle-ax
• Battle-axe

)

Definitions

1. (Mil.) A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon.

Webster 1913

• noun West Indian timber tree having very hard wood
  breakaxe; breakax; Sloanea jamaicensis.
  

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• noun an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side
  common ax; common axe; Dayton ax.
  

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• noun an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side
  common ax; common axe; Dayton ax.
  

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• noun an ax that has cutting edges on both sides of the head
  double-bitted ax; Western ax; double-bitted axe.
  

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• noun an ax that has a long handle and a head with one cutting edge and a point on the other side
  fireman's ax.
  

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• verb terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position
  send away; give the sack; fire; dismiss; terminate; displace; sack; give notice; force out; can.
  
  • The boss fired his secretary today
  • The company terminated 25% of its workers
• verb terminate a relationship abruptly
  give the bounce; give the gate.
  
  • Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman

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• a kind of mattock used in grubbing up roots, etc.

Webster 1913

• noun a stone tool with a cutting edge; the stone is held in the hand and used for chopping
  hand ax.
  

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• noun an ax used by mountain climbers for cutting footholds in ice
  ice ax; piolet.
  

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• a mattock with an ax end, used in shaping slates for roofs, and making holes in them for the nails.

Webster 1913

• noun an ax that has cutting edges on both sides of the head
  double-bitted ax; Western ax; double-bitted axe.
  

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