One of them, described as an "adze," was exhibited by. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of the Damned] Reference
He cast; which, dexterous, with his adze he smoothed. From Wordnik.com. [Mosaics of Grecian History] Reference
He pitched forward, hand still on the haft of the adze. From Wordnik.com. [Wellspring of Chaos]
You need these as a carpenter needs an adze and a pointer. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Was Afraid] Reference
They'd borrowed the adze from the trireme's carpentry stores. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Isles] Reference
Agreed by arthur adze on Friday, Apr 17, 2009 at 6: 59: 34 PM. From Wordnik.com. [Jerrold Nadler Requests Special Prosecutor for Torture] Reference
Each was roughly squared with the adze and planed and tenoned. From Wordnik.com. [My Tropic Isle] Reference
He picked up the adze, turned the next barrel, and began shaping. From Wordnik.com. [Wellspring of Chaos]
A variety of pre-mutineer stone adze fragments were also found here. From Wordnik.com. [Reclaiming the Bounty] Reference
The use of a dictionary - as in, "It'd be great if 'adze' were a word. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
He set down the adze on the bench, considerably startled by this news. From Wordnik.com. [Spirit Gate] Reference
Melvin Lattimore? by arthur adze on Friday, Jul 17, 2009 at 5: 44: 27 AM. From Wordnik.com. ["Mr. Fitz, in your threat to sue for libel, please, either put up or shut up"] Reference
Awkward in chopping, I took the job of squaring the logs with the adze-ax. From Wordnik.com. [The Narrative of Gordon Sellar Who Emigrated to Canada in 1825] Reference
The wheelwright rose and abandoned his adze, moving at ease in his own kingdom. From Wordnik.com. [The Leper of Saint Giles]
What are they afraid of? by arthur adze on Sunday, May 10, 2009 at 2: 25: 17 PM. From Wordnik.com. [Criminalizing Criticism of Israel] Reference
Where is Melvin Latimore today? by arthur adze on Thursday, Jul 16, 2009 at 9: 56: 06 PM. From Wordnik.com. ["Mr. Fitz, in your threat to sue for libel, please, either put up or shut up"] Reference
The man lurched back, one hand grasping, then pulling at the adze wedged in his shoulder. From Wordnik.com. [Wellspring of Chaos]
"Ha-hi!" and the adze made a third parallel stroke, completing the breadth of the hollow. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Isles] Reference
We dug a hole in the snow about three feet deep with the adze and put the Primus into it. From Wordnik.com. [South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917] Reference
A slow fire of damp moss and wood chips hollowed the log as fast as a strong man with an adze. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of the Isles] Reference
I invert the initial of your tripartite and sign it sternly, and adze to girdle. on your breast. From Wordnik.com. [Finnegans Wake] Reference
The adze proved an excellent instrument for this purpose, a blow sufficing to provide a foothold. From Wordnik.com. [South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917] Reference
Liberalism in the classical sense is different by arthur adze on Monday, Aug 3, 2009 at 7: 15: 54 AM. From Wordnik.com. [Liberal the word defined, the term accepted] Reference
First, she gouged out the rough shape with a stone adze, then carved it closer with a hand-held flint knife. From Wordnik.com. [The Mammoth Hunters]
Manipulation maybe involved in some of these murders. by arthur adze on Friday, Jun 12, 2009 at 9: 31: 08 AM. From Wordnik.com. [Wingnut Murder Spree or Are WE Part of the Problem?] Reference
Where is Dwayne Fuselier the FBI/Airforce psychiatrist now by arthur adze on Friday, Apr 17, 2009 at 7: 25: 52 PM. From Wordnik.com. [Columbine questions we still don't ponder] Reference
The fine hands which once had penned copy for a Duke's library were now blistered and raw from handling adze and hammer. From Wordnik.com. [Stormwarden]
Indeed, it was admitted on all hands that I was abler with the adze than the ladle and spoiled fewer boards than broths. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
He took the head from one of the barrels, and with an adze cut out a small piece, then handing me the specimen, replied. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time] Reference
Edge tools are the firmer chisel, the mortise chisel, the socket chisel, the gouge, the hatchet, the adze, the drawing knife. From Wordnik.com. [Woodworking Tools 1600-1900] Reference
My end of the rope was was anchored to the adze and I had settled myself in the hole braced for a strain in case they slipped. From Wordnik.com. [South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917] Reference
Cutting steps with the adze, we moved in a lateral direction round the base of a dolomite, which blocked our view to the north. From Wordnik.com. [South: the story of Shackleton’s last expedition 1914–1917] Reference
The cooper recognized the man, and, without thinking, threw the adze full force and straight into the man's shoulder and chest. From Wordnik.com. [Wellspring of Chaos]
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