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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 68 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AXE (0. Eng. aex; a word See also:common, in different forms, in the See also:Teutonic See also:languages, and akin to the See also:Greek 41v17; the New See also:English See also:Dictionary prefers the spelling " ax ")  , a See also:tool or weapon, taking various shapes, but, when not compounded with some distinguishing word (e.g. in " pick-See also:axe "), generally formed See also:Avonian Viseen Dinantien by an edged See also:head fixed upon a handle for striking . A " See also:hatchet " is a small sort of axe .

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