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zax

(zăks)

A tool similar to a hatchet, used for cutting and dressing roofing slates.

[Variant of sax, from Middle English, knife, from Old English seax; see sek- in Indo-European roots.]

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zax

(zæks)

(Tools) a variant of sax¹

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