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hack-iron

noun

Definitions

  1. A miner's pickax or hack.

  2. A chisel or similar tool for cutting metal, as wire, into nails.

    • He then takes one of the rods out of the fire, and resting it on the anvil, draws out the nail by a few skilful blows, and cuts it off from the rod by means of a hack-iron.

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