Look up: adze

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   Adze
   An adze is a carpenter's tool for cutting away the surface of wood.
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   adze
   a tool used by coopers for trimming the surface of planks or staves Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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   Adze
   a tool for shaping wood, which is basically an axe with a curved blade, pointing inwards at right angles to the handle. In skilled hands the adze can achieve a very smooth surface. It was used not just for shaping long timbers such as roof beams, but for furniture building ranging from tab...
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   adze
   Long-handled axe with the blade at right angles to the shaft, used in furniture-making, for heavy trimming and shaping. The slightly hollowed-out seats of WINDSOR CHAIRS, for example, were shaped with an adze with a curved cutting edge.
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   adze
   A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood. ... Origin: OE. Adese, adis, adse, AS. Adesa, adese, ax, hatchet. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
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   Adze
   `For the folkloric being of the Ewe people of Ghana and Togo, see adze (folklore).` The tool known as the `adze` (pronounced ) serves for smoothing rough-cut wood in hand woodworking. Generally, the user stands astride a board or log and swings the adze downwards towards their feet, clipping, chipping, and or cutting off a piece of wood, and walking backwards as they go, leaving a relatively smooth surface behind. However, in general usage, the...
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   Adze
   • (n.) A carpenter`s or cooper`s tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood.
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   adze
   adz, adze (ADZ) A cutting tool for shaping heavy timbers, similar to an ax but with a blade set across the end of the handle and curving inward: 'He used an adze to take the bark off the tree he just cut down.' Confusing Words: Units, Groups A to Z.
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   Adze
   A tool, typically made from stone, that was presumed to be used like a modern woodworker's chisel to work wood.
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    adze
    Gransfors straight blade, long handled adze An adze is an axe-like tool with a blade, which may be curved inward or straight (a straight-edged adze is called a carpenter's adze), set at right angles to the handle. It is used in hand woodworking, for roughing out a form or for dressing wood...
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    adze
    adze, tool similar in purpose and use to an axe but with the cutting edge at right angles to the handle rather than aligned with it. The details of construction of a particular adze will depend on its intended application. Some types have a single cutting edge with the rear side of the head formed i...
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