Definition of "adze" []

• A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood. (noun)
• To shape a material using an adze. (verb)

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• "One of them, described as an "adze," was exhibited by"
• "The next minute with wonderful skill our visitor had cut some bamboos with a kind of adze he had in the cord round his waist, slit open and cleaned the fish with a sharp-pointed piece of wood, and then got each one stuck on a piece of bamboo to roast before the fire."
• "The use of a dictionary - as in, "It'd be great if 'adze' were a word."