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Definition of Pickaxe

Pickaxe
Pickax Pick"ax`, Pickaxe Pick"axe`, n. [A corruption of OE. pikois, pikeis, F. picois, fr. pic. See Pick, n.] A pick with a point at one end, a transverse edge or blade at the other, and a handle inserted at the middle; a hammer with a flattened end for driving wedges and a pointed end for piercing as it strikes. --Shak.

Meaning of Pickaxe from wikipedia

- A ****xe, pick-axe, or pick is a generally T-shaped hand tool used for prying. Its head is typically metal, attached perpendicularly to a longer handle...
- ****xe Pete is a video game released in 1982 as cartridge number 43 for the Philips Videopac console. It was published in North America for the Magnavox...
- Programmer. In the Ruby community, it is commonly known as "The ****xe" because of the ****xe on the cover. The book has helped Ruby to spread outside ****an...
- is a hand tool used for digging, prying, and chopping. Similar to the ****xe, it has a long handle and a stout head which combines either a vertical...
- Tom refers to The Boy as "it". Gemma and Tom wait in the garden with a ****xe to attack whoever delivers the food, but they never see anyone. Tom begins...
- ****xes are used to s****e at rocks and minerals, obtaining small samples that can be tested for trace amounts of ore. Modern prospecting ****xes are...
- Before she can reach Mikal, who is sitting at the bar, she is stabbed by a ****xe and dragged away. The next morning, Eirik leaves to go for help and Mikal...
- novel Robinson Crusoe, the protagonist lacks a ****xe so uses a crowbar instead: "As for the ****xe, I made use of the iron crows, which were proper...
- the people of Italy since ancient times. The dolabra could serve as a ****xe used by miners and excavators, a priest's implement for ritual religious...
- This hand symbol represents the traditional tool used by miners, the ****xe, and is similar to the shaka sign and the letter Y in American sign language...