Definition of "adzes" [adzes]

• Plural form of adze. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adze. (verb)

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• "The stone which makes the blade of their adzes is a kind of basaltes, of"
• "Taboo poi bowls and finger bowls, left-handed adzes of the canoe gods, lava-cup lamps, stone mortars and pestles and poi-pounders."
• "And adzes again, a myriad of them, beautiful ones, from an ounce in weight for the finer carving of idols to fifteen pounds for the felling of trees, and all with the sweetest handles I have ever beheld."