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Definition of Battle-ax

1. Noun. A broadax used as a weapon.

Definition of Battle-ax

1. Noun. An axe, used in combat as a weapon; usually large and often double-headed. ¹

2. Noun. (informal) A belligerent and often unattractive person, especially a woman. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Battle-ax

Literary usage of Battle-ax

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Annual Report by Missouri Division of Mine Inspection, Missouri Bureau of Mines (1900)
"The "Battle Ax" company is composed of SH and JV Veatch, IX Hatten and Lou Roth, all of Webb City, Mo. They control five res of mineral land leased of Joe ..."

2. Antiquities of the Jews by William Brown, David Jennings (1823)
"Causes of the Jewish wars; number of their armies; degree of efficiency; arms a helmet, breastplate, habergeon, girdle, greaves, sword, shield, battle-ax, ..."

3. The Literary Reader for Higher Grades by Kate Forrest Oswell, Charles Benajah Gilbert (1912)
"375 Flash brand and lance, fall battle ax on helm, Fall battle ax, and flash brand! ... 385 Clang battle ax, and clash brand! Let the King reign! ..."

4. Selections from Tennyson's Idylls of the King by Baron Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, John Erskine (1912)
"Shall Rome or Heathen rule in Arthur's realm? Flash brand and lance, fall battle-ax upon helm ... Clang battle-ax, and clash brand! Let the King reign! ..."

5. Social Scandinavia in the Viking age by Mary Wilhelmine Williams (1920)
"battle-ax, as in his sword, was shown by bestowing upon it an individual name and by the rich ornamentation of the blade, which was occasionally embellished ..."

6. Golden Treasury Readers by Charles Maurice Stebbins, Mary H. Coolidge (1912)
"Fall battle-ax, and flash brand ! Let the king reign. Blow trumpet! he will lift us from the dust, Blow trumpet! live the strength and die the lust! ..."

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