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 a hatchet, used to prepare slate for roofing.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Variant of sax, from Middle English, knife, from Old English seax; see sek- in Indo-European roots.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Middle English sax ("knife"), from Old English seax.

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Examples

  • In the marketing department they figured, what the hell, you just trade zax for Zack and keep the ball rolling for another generation!

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Scrambling Scrabble 2010

  • In the marketing department they figured, what the hell, you just trade zax for Zack and keep the ball rolling for another generation!

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Scrambling Scrabble 2010

  • 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!

    Archive 2005-03-01 2005

  • 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!

    dining room optional - beechwood restaurant 2005

  • ZAX these swallows round my balcony might point to something zax

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