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aXe(An X Editor) A text editor used with the X Window system. By adding widgets, aXe can be customized by the user. axe (US), ax 1. a hand tool with one side of its head forged and sharpened to a cutting edge, used for felling trees, splitting timber, etc. 2. the axe Informal a. dismissal, esp from employment; the sack (esp in the phrase get the axe) b. Brit severe cutting down of expenditure, esp the removal of unprofitable sections of a public service 3. US slang any musical instrument, esp a guitar or horn
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A WORKMAN, felling wood by the side of a river, let his axe drop - by accident into a deep pool. One of the big trees had been partly chopped through, and standing beside it, with an uplifted axe in his hands, was a man made entirely of tin. A FORESTRY Commissioner had just felled a giant tree when, seeing an honest man approaching, he dropped his axe and fled. |
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