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pickaxe

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English pykeaxe, pecaxe, pyke exe (pickaxe), an alteration (due to folk etymology association with pick and axe) of Middle English pikeyse, pikeys, pykois, from Anglo-Norman *pikeis, Old French picois, pecois, from Latin picōsa (pickaxe), from picca, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pīk (sharp point, pike). Doublet of pique and pike.

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Noun

pickaxe (plural pickaxes)

  1. A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.
    He was mining stone using a pickaxe.

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Verb

pickaxe (third-person singular simple present pickaxes, present participle pickaxing, simple past and past participle pickaxed)

  1. To use a pickaxe.

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