celt

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In its early form it is known by paleontologists as a celt, and at first had no handle, but later developed into the ax and adze for chopping and hewing, and the chisel for cuts made by driving and paring.

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  1. noun A common prehistoric tool of stone or metal, shaped like a chisel or ax head.

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  • DUST: great idea there celt, learning blindfolded lens changing will totally be worth the prevention of dust using that film change bag. will definetly have to take a lot of care with dust in this digital age, where most of dust don't go away with film roll. —  X-bit labs
  • We observed one very large jade celt, eighteen inches long, found, we understood, in the Butte de Tumiac. —  Brittany ; Its Byways
  • It was said that one Indian, working alone, felling the pine-tree by the primitive way of burning and scraping off the charred parts with a stone tool called a celt (for the Indians had no iron or steel axes), then cutting off the top in the same manner, then burning out part of the interior, then burning and scraping and shaping it without and within, could make one of these dugouts in three weeks. —  Home Life in Colonial Days
  • After he had burned out as much as he could, he scraped out the rest with a stone tool called a "celt." —  The Old Coast Road From Boston to Plymouth
  • A "celt" or stone axe-head of this kind, ornamented with a pattern of inter- crossing lines, is figured and described by the Rev. Mr. Mackenzie (Kenmore) in the Proceedings of the Scottish Society of Antiquaries (1900-1901, p. 310 et seq._). —  The Clyde Mystery a Study in Forgeries and Folklore
 

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  1. Medieval Latin celtis, chisel.

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  1. from Welsh cellt, a flintstone.
 

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