noun
1.
an axlike tool, for dressing timbers roughly, with a curved, chisellike steel head mounted at a right angle to the wooden handle.
verb (used with object)
2.
to dress or shape (wood) with an adz.
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| —n | |
| a heavy hand tool with a steel cutting blade attached at right angles to a wooden handle, used for dressing timber | |
| [Old English adesa] | |
| adz or (US) adz | |
| —n | |
| [Old English adesa] | |
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
| ADZ advise (shortwave transmission) |
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