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pickax

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pickaxe (US), pickax
a large pick or mattock
pickax [′pik‚aks]
(design engineering)
A pointed steel or iron tool mounted on a wooden handle and used for breaking earth and stone.
pick
A hand tool used for loosening and breaking up closely compacted soil and rock; consists of a steel head which usually is curved, with a point on one or both ends, mounted on a wooden handle.
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The doctor had thumbed over all his books of knowledge for the occasion, and the black fisherman was engaged to take them in his skiff to the scene of enterprise, to work with spade and pickax in unearthing the treasure, and to freight his bark with the weighty spoils they were certain of finding.
Adventure of the Black Fisherman by Irving, Washington View in context
 
 
 
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