adze
1adze — (n.) also adz, M.E. adese, adse, from O.E. adesa adze, hatchet, of unknown origin, perhaps somehow related to O.Fr. aisse, L. ascia axe (see AX (Cf. ax)). Spelling with z is from 18c. Adze has been monosyllabic only since the seventeenth century …
2Adze — ist ein Vampir, bzw. ein Geist mit vampirischen Fähigkeiten welcher in der Mythologie der Ewe, einer Volksgruppe Westafrikas (Ghana, Togo, Benin) seinen Ursprung hat. Der Vampir ist in der Lage die Kontrolle über das Opfer zu übernehmen. Er saugt …
3adze — adz [ædz] n [: Old English; Origin: adesa] a sharp tool with the blade at a right angle to the handle, used to shape wood …
4adze — (US adz) ► NOUN ▪ a tool similar to an axe, with an arched blade at right angles to the handle. ORIGIN Old English …
5Adze — An adze or adz (PronEng|ædz) 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 their feet, chipping off pieces of wood, moving backwards as… …
6Adže — 44° 29′ 55″ N 18° 00′ 09″ E / 44.4986, 18.0025 …
7Adze — Adz Adz, Adze Adze, n. [OE. adese, adis, adse, AS. adesa, adese, ax, hatchet.] 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. [1913… …
8adze — 1. noun /ædz/ A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood. ...if I wanted a board, I had no other way but to cut down a tree, set it on an edge before me, and hew it flat on either side… …
9adze — UK [ædz] / US noun [countable] Word forms adze : singular adze plural adzes a tool used for shaping or cutting wood …
10Adze — (ADS) The Ewe people of southeastern Ghana and southern Togo, Africa, believe that this vampiric spirit looks like a CORPSE CANDLE, the constant light of a firefly, or like a shining beetle when not possessing the tribe s sorcerer (see AFRICAN… …