PULASKI


Meaning of PULASKI in English

/peuh las"kee/ , n.

1. Count Casimir /kaz"euh mear'/ , 1748-79, Polish patriot; general in the American Revolutionary army.

2. a town in SW Virginia. 10,106.

3. Fort . See Fort Pulaski .

/peuh las"kee/ , n.

a double-edged hand tool having an ax blade on one side and a pickax or wide chisel on the opposite side, used esp. in clearing land and removing tree stumps.

[ 1920-25, Amer.; after Edward C. Pulaski (1866-1931), U.S. forest ranger, its inventor ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .