[pik-aks] 
noun, plural -ax⋅es, verb, -axed, -ax⋅ing.| 1. | a pick, esp. a mattock. |
| 2. | to cut or clear away with a pickax. |
| 3. | to use a pickax. |
| pick·ax or pick·axe (pĭk'āks') n. A pick, especially with one end of the head pointed and the other end with a chisel edge for cutting through roots. v. pick·axed, pick·ax·ing, pick·ax·es v. intr. To use a pickax. v. tr. To use a pickax on. [Middle English picax, alteration (influenced by ax, ax) of picas, from Old French picois (from pic, pick) and from Medieval Latin pīcōsa, both probably from Latin pīcus, woodpecker.] |
