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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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Does someone at The Advocate have an ax to grind with Mr. Each has a patented technology in their pocket and many have an ax to grind. Hillary's former press secretary Howard Wolfson told Morris, ``You have an ax to grind,'' and Democratic spokesman Lanny Davis began, ``Clinton haters, which your show seems to appeal to . |
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