PICKAX


Meaning of PICKAX in English

/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 .