/pik"aks'/ , n. , pl. pickaxes , v. , pickaxed, pickaxing .
n.
1. a pick, esp. a mattock.
v.t.
2. to cut or clear away with a pickax.
v.i.
3. to use a pickax.
Also, pickaxe .
[ 1275-1325; PICK 2 + AX; r. ME picois pic PICK 2 . See PIQUE 1 ]
/pik"aks'/ , n. , pl. pickaxes , v. , pickaxed, pickaxing .
n.
1. a pick, esp. a mattock.
v.t.
2. to cut or clear away with a pickax.
v.i.
3. to use a pickax.
Also, pickaxe .
[ 1275-1325; PICK 2 + AX; r. ME picois pic PICK 2 . See PIQUE 1 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012