English Explanatory Dictionary

zax

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A tool, similar to a hatchet, used to prepare slate for roofing.

Pronunciation

/zæks/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-zax.wav

Word forms

zax zaxes

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sax (“knife”), from Old English seax, from Proto-West Germanic *sahs, from Proto-Germanic *sahsą. Doublet of sax.

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