broad-ax

Others companies simply took a broad-ax approach to eliminating employees.

Grow To Be Great Dwight L. Gertz João P. A. Baptista 1995

Others companies simply took a broad-ax approach to eliminating employees.

Grow To Be Great Dwight L. Gertz João P. A. Baptista 1995

Others companies simply took a broad-ax approach to eliminating employees.

Grow To Be Great Dwight L. Gertz João P. A. Baptista 1995

There were two bunks built on opposite sides of the room, and in the middle a table was made of a long section split from the heart of a log by wedges, apparently, and still rude and undressed, except for the preliminary smoothing off which had been done with a broad-ax.

Riders of the Silences John Frederick

Then seizing the arm with familiarity he attacked a big log and, using it as a broad-ax, shaped the rough-hewn sides till it was a perfect slab.

The Lincoln Story Book Henry Llewellyn Williams

Upon the arrival of the Lincoln family in Illinois, they had the few tools which would be considered almost necessary to every frontiersman: namely, a common ax, broad-ax, hand-saw, whip-saw.

The Life of Abraham Lincoln Henry Ketcham

The log was first hewn to a square with a broad-ax and then "lined" on the upper and lower sides at every place where it was to be sawed.

A History of Caroline County, Virginia 1924

Then seizing the arm with familiarity he attacked a big log and, using it as a broad-ax, shaped the rough-hewn sides till it was a perfect slab.

The Lincoln Story Book Williams, Henry L 1907

Upon the arrival of the Lincoln family in Illinois, they had the few tools which would be considered almost necessary to every frontiersman: namely, a common ax, broad-ax, hand-saw, whip-saw.

The Life of Abraham Lincoln Ketcham, Henry 1901

Macdonald Bhain began to prepare wood for the winter, and to make all things snug about the house and barn; and when the first fall of snow fell softly, he took down his broad-ax, and then Ranald knew that the gang would soon be off again for the shanties.

The Man from Glengarry; a tale of the Ottawa Ralph Connor 1898