Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An axlike tool with a curved blade at right angles to the handle, used for shaping wood.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To chip or shape with an adz: as, to
adz logs or timber. - noun A cutting-tool somewhat like an ax, but having the blade placed at right angles to the handle and formed to a curve nearly corresponding to its sweep through the air when in use.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood.
- transitive verb rare To cut with an adz.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
adze .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an edge tool used to cut and shape wood
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Conversely, frustrated crossword solvers encounter plenty of uncommon three-letter words, such as adz, auk and lea.
Can You Read as Well 2008
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The accompanying labels says "One of the principal uses of the adz was in hollowing out dug-out canoes."
Archive 2009-04-01 AYDIN 2009
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Once, this was a stout ship, with oak futtocks and floor timbers, fastened with iron nails, built with saw and adz and the calloused hands of shipwrights now long dead.
Md. center studies ship's remains found at World Trade Center site 2010
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March 30, 2010 at 8:36 am what adz? i hav nevr seen any adz whutsoevr on this site. not on hte sidz or in the vidz. get adblock and adblock plus if u uze firefoxx. never see any adz innywheres ever agin! srsly.
Video: Piano Kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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April 28, 2010 at 11:37 am ai fink da adz b berri ennoyin 2.
Praise the lolz! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2010
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Once, this was a stout ship, with oak futtocks and floor timbers, fastened with iron nails, built with saw and adz and the calloused hands of shipwrights now long dead.
Md. center studies ship's remains found at World Trade Center site 2010
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The accompanying labels says "One of the principal uses of the adz was in hollowing out dug-out canoes."
Indian shell tools from Florida AYDIN 2009
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August 5, 2009 at 2:44 am yes, yes, yes… wif dat adn ‘ad blocker plus’, no pops no adz!
Video: Slinky Kitteh - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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I b teh noein dat ICHC iz sported bai da adz, butt ! koodnt da Cheeziz B uh liddul moar pikkee bowt wich adz dey gitz teh revunoo frum?
Sometimes when watching for danger - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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But on this you are off -- where is Hillary's "unity" and can you imagine the adz Grampy will run against Obama with her on the ticket?
chained_bear commented on the word adz
I didn't know this was a word, but OED lists it as the primary spelling for the more familiar word adze. Old English is so cool.
February 13, 2007
reesetee commented on the word adz
Wow. An excellent three-letter word. :-)
February 13, 2007
oroboros commented on the word adz
Too bad there isn't an English word atoz. But I just put it on my "made up words" list just for the hell of it!
February 13, 2007