adze

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Next she gave him a polished adze, and she led the way to the border of the isle where tall trees grew, alder and poplar, and pine that reacheth unto heaven, seasoned long since and sere, that might lightly float for him.

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  • This adze, his favourite weapon, was hidden up there. —  Color Scheme - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 12: 1943
  • Could Mr. Falls possibly have seen all these things through his window during the brief time that the adze was on the verandah table? —  Color Scheme - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 12: 1943
  • He was soon on his feet, and the adze was then produced. —  The Life of Captain James Cook
  • [203] The Pacific islanders clung to the type of the adze, so that even when they got iron and steel implements from the whites they preferred the knife of a plane to an ax, because the former could be used adze-fashion. —  Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals
  • If I lost my adze or caulking-hammer overboard, I must have another, mustn't I?" —  In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel"
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