adz
[adz]
/ædz/
noun
1.
an axlike tool, for dressing timbers roughly, with a curved, chisellike steel head mounted at a right angle to the wooden handle.
verb (used with object)
2.
to dress or shape (wood) with an adz.
Also,
adze
.
Origin
before 900;
Middle English
ad
(
e
)
se,
Old English
adesa;
*ad-es-,
of obscure origin, appears to be formed like
ax
, and might by association with the latter have lost
*w-;
if so, <
Germanic
*wad-,
cognate with
Lithuanian
vedegà
adz
Can be confused
adds
,
ads
,
adz
.
British Dictionary definitions for
adz
adze
/
ædz
/
noun
1.
a heavy hand tool with a steel cutting blade attached at right angles to a wooden handle, used for dressing timber
Word Origin
Old English
adesa
Related Abbreviations for
adz
ADZ
advise (shortwave transmission)