Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A tool similar to a hatchet, used for cutting and dressing roofing slates.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument used by slaters for cutting and dressing slates; a kind of hatchet with a sharp point on the pole for perforating the slate to receive the nail or pin.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A tool for trimming and puncturing roofing slates.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
tool , similar to ahatchet , used to prepareslate for roofing.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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In the marketing department they figured, what the hell, you just trade zax for Zack and keep the ball rolling for another generation!
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In the marketing department they figured, what the hell, you just trade zax for Zack and keep the ball rolling for another generation!
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Back when I first heard little whispers of beechwood, a new restaurant in venice from brooke williamson, ex-chef of ex- zax now pecorino, i told myself i was going to try it, but i wasn't going to read any reviews of it before i went and tried it myself. i was tempted to even read the editor's and members' reviews on *gasp!
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Back when I first heard little whispers of beechwood, a new restaurant in venice from brooke williamson, ex-chef of ex- zax now pecorino, i told myself i was going to try it, but i wasn't going to read any reviews of it before i went and tried it myself. i was tempted to even read the editor's and members' reviews on *gasp!
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