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adzes, plural;
  1. A tool similar to an ax with an arched blade at right angles to the handle, used for cutting or shaping large pieces of wood

  1. adz: an edge tool used to cut and shape wood
  2. An adze is a tool used for smoothing rough-cut wood in hand woodworking. Generally, the user stands astride a board or log and swings the adze downwards towards his feet, chipping off pieces of wood, moving backwards as he goes and leaving a relatively smooth surface behind. ...
  3. The adze is a vampiric being in Ewe folklore. In the wild, the adze takes the form of a firefly, though it will transform into human shape upon capture. When in human form, the adze has the power to possess humans.
  4. A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood; To shape a material using an adze
  5. A thin blade mounted perpendicular to the handle on an ice axe that can be used for chopping footholds.
  6. A tool, typically made from stone, that was presumed to be used like a modern woodworker's chisel to work wood.
  7. an axe-like implement in which the blade is hafted such that the cutting edge lies perpendicular to the handle after the fashion of a hoe. Used primarily for woodworking. trihedral adze. an adze with a triangular cross-section.
  8. a tool, like an ax, used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood.
  9. The flat cutting end of the ice axe head.
  10. A wood-cutting implement like an axe with the blade oriented at 90° to the user. Used for reducing and dressing large wooden surfaces.
  11. a handtool, similar to an axe, used to chip out wood for a dugout canoe; used by Pacific Northwest Indians.
  12. An implement of varying sizes with varying blades, used to hollow out wood. Usually belonging to a skilled craftsman and not a carpenter, e.g., "'To an ould adze' was written in the cabinet maker's inventory."
  13. A cutting tool with an arching blade at right angles to the handle, used in the shaping of logs.
  14. A carpenter’s tool having its blade set at right angles with a long curved handle and used for trimming
  15. A hand tool, having a curved cutting edge perpendicular to the handle, used for dressing the surfaces of timbers or stones.
  16. A variation featuring a head perpendicular to that of an axe. Rather than splitting wood side-by-side, it is used to rip a level surface into a horizontal piece of wood.
  17. A miniature model of this agricultural implement was used in the opening of the mouth ritual. The shape of the adze also corresponds to the constellation "The Great Haunch", now called the Big Dipper. The offering of this tool conferred the eternal life of the imperishable stars. ...
  18. A heavy, chisel-like tool.
  19. An adze is similar to a common axe, except the blade is horizontal (some are slightly cupped) and slopes at a downward angle.  An adze is typically used to remove bark from trees in log home construction for a hand peeled or more rustic look.