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English-Romanian technical dictionary. 2013.
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Hewing — is a method of cutting wood. It was used historically as a method of squaring up beams for building construction. As it s a labour intensive process, such beams were commonly only squared on one surface, or around the areas necessary to make the… … Wikipedia
Axe — Ax Ax, Axe Axe, ([a^]ks), n. [OE. ax, axe, AS. eax, [ae]x, acas; akin to D. akse, OS. accus, OHG. acchus, G. axt, Icel. [ o]x, [ o]xi, Sw. yxe, Dan. [ o]kse, Goth. aqizi, Gr. axi nh, L. ascia; not akin to E. acute.] A tool or instrument of steel … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Axe — Used in the Authorized Version of Deut. 19:5; 20:19; 1 Kings 6:7, as the translation of a Hebrew word which means chopping. It was used for felling trees (Isa. 10:34) and hewing timber for building. It is the rendering of a different word in… … Easton's Bible Dictionary
axe — /æks / (say aks) noun (plural axes) 1. an instrument with a bladed head on a handle or helve, used for hewing, cleaving, chopping, etc. 2. Colloquial a guitar, usually electric. –verb (t) (axed, axing) 3. to shape or trim with an axe. 4.… …
axe — [OE] Relatives of the word axe are widespread throughout the Indo European languages, from German axt and Dutch aaks to Latin ascia and Greek axínē. These point back to a hypothetical Indo European *agwesī or *akusī, which denoted some sort of… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
axe — [OE] Relatives of the word axe are widespread throughout the Indo European languages, from German axt and Dutch aaks to Latin ascia and Greek axínē. These point back to a hypothetical Indo European *agwesī or *akusī, which denoted some sort of… … Word origins
broad-axe — Broadax Broad ax , Broadaxe Broad axe , broad axe road axe, broad ax road ax, n. 1. An ancient military weapon; a battle ax. [1913 Webster] 2. An ax with a broad edge, for hewing timber. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
broad|axe — broad|ax or broad|axe «BRD AKS», noun, plural ax|es. an ax with a broad blade, such as a battle ax or an ax for hewing timber … Useful english dictionary
Labrys — An ornamented golden Minoan labrys Labrys (λάβρυς in Greek, lábrys) is the term for a symmetrical doubleheaded axe originally from Crete in Greece, one of the oldest symbols of Greek civilization; to the Romans, it was known as a bipenn … Wikipedia
Ax — Ax, Axe Axe, ([a^]ks), n. [OE. ax, axe, AS. eax, [ae]x, acas; akin to D. akse, OS. accus, OHG. acchus, G. axt, Icel. [ o]x, [ o]xi, Sw. yxe, Dan. [ o]kse, Goth. aqizi, Gr. axi nh, L. ascia; not akin to E. acute.] A tool or instrument of steel, or … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Boots and His Brothers — is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr .ynopsisA king had his castle shadowed by a great oak tree, and had no well that held water year round. He declared that whoever cut down … Wikipedia
