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Definition of Pickax
1. Noun. A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends. "They used picks and sledges to break the rocks"
Generic synonyms: Edge Tool
Specialized synonyms: Mattock
Derivative terms: Pick
Definition of Pickax
1. n. A pick with a point at one end, a transverse edge or blade at the other, and a handle inserted at the middle; a hammer with a flattened end for driving wedges and a pointed end for piercing as it strikes.
Definition of Pickax
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of pickaxe) ¹
2. Verb. (alternative spelling of pickaxe) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pickax
1. to use a pickax (a tool for breaking hard surfaces) [v -ED, -ING, -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pickax
Literary usage of Pickax
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Library of Southern Literature by John Calvin Metcalf (1909)
"THE PARSON pickax GRAY Though he had no fancy pulpit, or church with lofty spire,
He corralled crowds uv sinners, an' giv' 'em all—hell fire! ..."
2. Transcendence of the Western Mind by Samuel Avery (2003)
"Enlil made his pickax exalted, His pickax of gold, whose head is of lapis lazuli,
... The lord called up the pickax, decrees its fate, He set the kindu, ..."
3. Model First[-fourth] Reader by John Russell Webb (1875)
""I shall now be able, by the aid of the pictures I have here, to give you a pretty
good idea of ' the bird with a pickax.' Can any of you tell me the name ..."
4. Golf for Beginners--and Others by Marshall Whitlatch (1910)
"But with a golf club the hands are close together, and the power applied with
the legs, back, and shoulders that you would use in swinging a pickax is so ..."
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