pickax

 [pik-aks]  

pick·ax

   [pik-aks] noun, plural pick·ax·es, verb, pick·axed, pick·ax·ing.
noun
1.
a pick, especially a mattock.
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verb (used with object)
2.
to cut or clear away with a pickax.

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verb (used without object)
3.
to use a pickax.
Also, pick·axe.

Origin:
1275–1325; pick2 + ax; replacing Middle English picois < Middle French, Old French; akin to French pic pick2. See pique1
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pickaxe or (US) pickax (ˈpɪkˌæks)
 
—n
1.  a large pick or mattock
 
—vb
2.  to use a pickaxe on (earth, rocks, etc)
 
[C15: from earlier pikois (but influenced also by axe), from Old French picois, from picpick²; compare also pique1]
 
pickax or (US) pickax
 
—n
 
—vb
 
[C15: from earlier pikois (but influenced also by axe), from Old French picois, from picpick²; compare also pique1]

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