pickax

pickax
/pik"aks'/, n., pl. pickaxes, v., pickaxed, pickaxing.
n.
1. a pick, esp. a mattock.
v.t.
2. to cut or clear away with a pickax.
v.i.
3. to use a pickax.
Also, pickaxe.
[1275-1325; PICK2 + AX; r. ME picois < MF, OF; akin to F pic PICK2. See PIQUE1]

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