PICKAXE


Meaning of PICKAXE in English

n. & v. (US pickax)

n. = PICK(2) n. 1.

v. 1 tr. break (the ground etc.) with a pickaxe. 2 intr. work with a pickaxe.

[ ME pikois f. OF picois, rel. to PIKE(2): assim. to AXE ]

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