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Adze

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: N/A, OED Evaluation: N/A

A tool similar to an axe, with a blade set at right angles to the shaft and curving inwards towards it, used for cutting or slicing away the surface of wood. Also: the blade itself.

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Interviewer 1: So this is the original wood in here, is it? This- this- Speaker: Um, the- the logs, yeah. Yeah. Look it- I said those guys, I said that the- they're all hand hewed, like, with an adze. You can see with the- the big adze mark. Interviewerer 2: I can. Right from here. Speaker: Yeah. Yeah. Interviewer 1: Yes. My goodness. So how old would that be? W-- how far back? Speaker: I-think in the eighteen hundreds because it was Harvey's- that's my husband- great-great-grandfather.
type of cutting tool with a thin, curved blade
Interviewer 1: So this is the original wood in here, is it? This- this- Speaker: Um, the- the logs, yeah. Yeah. Look it- I said those guys, I said that the- they're all hand hewed, like, with an adze. You can see with the- the big adze mark. Interviewerer 2: I can. Right from here. Speaker: Yeah. Yeah. Interviewer 1: Yes. My goodness. So how old would that be? W-- how far back? Speaker: I-think in the eighteen hundreds because it was Harvey's- that's my husband- great-great-grandfather.
Interviewer: How lovely. And he's- your here on his property. Yes, you can see the marks. Speaker: Yeah. (inc) if he used an adze or a big, wide, broad axe.