[adz] 
| 1. | an axlike tool, for dressing timbers roughly, with a curved, chisellike steel head mounted at a right angle to the wooden handle. |
| 2. | to dress or shape (wood) with an adz. |
adz or adze (ādz)  (click for larger image in new window) n. An axlike tool with a curved blade at right angles to the handle, used for shaping wood. [Middle English adese, from Old English adesa.] |
| ADZ advise (shortwave transmission) |
