axe-breaker

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• Axe

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• Axe

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  (Ang. Sax. aesian, axian.) To ask. This word is now considered a vulgarism; though, like many other...

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• axe

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• ship-breaker

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• axe agglomerati

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• Battle-axe

  ·noun A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon. ...

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• Lochaber axe

  ·- A weapon of war, consisting of a pole armed with an axhead at its end, formerly used by the Scotc...

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• Battle-axe

  A mallet or heavy war-club. Applied metaphorically (Jer. 51:20) to Cyrus, God's instrument in destro...

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• Axe Inn

  On the east side of Aldermanbury, at No.20, in Cripplegate Ward Within (O. and M. 1677-Elmes, 1831)....

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• Axe Yard

  East out of St. Mary Axe. In Aldgate Ward (O. and M. 1677). No later reference. ...

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• (St.) Mary Axe

  On the west side of the street of St. Mary Axe. In Lime Street Ward. First mention found in records...

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• tommy-axe

  n. a popular corruption of the word Tomahawk (q.v.); it is an instance of the law ofHobson-Jobson. ...

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• moreing-axe

  an axe for grubbing up the roots of trees. Glouc. ...

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• broad axe

  Formerly a warlike instrument; also for beheading; specially applied to the axe of carpenters for ma...

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• curtle-axe

  The old term for cutlass or cutlace. ...

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• lochaber axe

  A formidable weapon once used by the Highlanders. ...

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• (St.) Mary Axe, Street

  North out of Leadenhall Street, at No. 116, to Houndsditch (P.O. Directory). Eastern side in Aldgate...

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• (St.) Mary Axe Warehouses

  See Leadenhall Chambers. ...

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• Axe Alley, Leadenhall Street

  See Sussex Place. ...

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• Axe Yard, Lime Street

  East out of Lime Street. In Aldgate Ward, near the Ward boundary (Strype, 1720-55). Seems to be the...

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• Cock's Court, St. Mary Axe

  East out of St. Mary Axe. In Aldgate Ward (Strype, ed 1720). Near Fletchers' Hall. Site now occupi...

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• Soaper's Yard, St, Mary Axe

  See Soper's Yard. ...

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• savage as a meat axe

  Exceedingly hungry. This vulgar simile is often used in the Northern and Western States. "Why, you ...

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