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hand axe

noun

Etymology

From Middle English hand-ax, handax, handex, hond axe, from Old English handæx, from Proto-Germanic *handakwisī; equivalent to hand + axe.

  1. inherited from *handakwisī✻
  2. inherited from handæx
  3. inherited from hand-ax

Definitions

  1. A stone tool made by flaking to produce an edge, used without a handle.

  2. A hatchet or throwing axe.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA