Poleax

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An ax having a hammer face opposite the blade, used to slaughter cattle.
  • n. A medieval battle-ax consisting of a long shaft ending in an ax or a combination of an ax, hammer, and pick.
  • v. To strike or fell with or as if with a poleax: "When a gang of doves circled above the flowing water and swooped in to feed, he poleaxed the leader with a clean head shot” ( William Hoffman).
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  • n. Alternative spelling of poleaxe.
  • v. Alternative spelling of poleaxe.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Anciently, a kind of battle-ax with a long handle; later, an ax or hatchet with a short handle, and a head variously patterned; -- used by soldiers, and also by sailors in boarding a vessel.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Formerly, a weapon or tool consisting of an ax-head on a long handle, and often combined with a hook at the end, or a blade like a pick on the side opposite the blade of the ax; later, more loosely, a battle-ax.
  • n. A weapon used in the navy by boarders and also to cut away rigging, etc. It is a hatchet with a short handle at the end of which is a strong hook.
  • n. An ax for slaughtering cattle.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade
  • n. a battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pick
  • v. fell with or as if with a poleax
    • Equivalent
    poleaxe   
    Verb Form
    poleaxed    poleaxes    poleaxing   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    ax    axe    battle-axe    battle-ax    cut down   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    butcher-knife    pick-axe    scrub oak    broad-bladed    mamba   
     
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