adze, v.
(ædz)
[f. the n.]
To cut, or dress with an adze.
1845 Carlyle Cromwell's Lett. & Sp. (1871) IV. 79 Hammering, adzing, sawing. 1861 Lloyd's Weekly 26 Oct., A shipwright..adzing a piece of timber, accidentally sliced one of his heels completely off. |