Definition of Pickexe
{ Pick"ax`, Pick"axe` } (?),
n. [A corruption of OE. pikois,
pikeis, F. picois, fr. pic. See Pick,
n.] A pick with a point at one end, a
transverse edge or blade at the other, and a handle inserted at the
middle; a hammer with a flattened end for driving wedges and a pointed
end for piercing as it strikes. Shak.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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