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ˈbroad-axe An axe with a broad head, used for hewing timber, and formerly in war.1352 Minot Poems (1825) 29 To batail..With brade ax, and with bowes bent. c 1400 Epiph. 737 (Turnb. 1843) Summe had twybyll, brodax, and nawger. c 1450 Gloss. Garlande in Wright Voc. 137 Dolabra, (gloss.) brode axe. 153...
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What Is A Broad Axe And How Is It Used? - Axe Adviser
The broad axe has a relatively short handle and an expansive blade that is broad and wide. It is typically used for hewing or squaring off round logs. Its large, sharp bit can easily slew off pieces of wood to make a flat surface. Check out the following video which gives a full explanation of broad axes.
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James Broad
by decision
USA–Hungary Duals, Rapid City, South Dakota, February 1981:
Defeated József Réder (Hungary) by decision
Professional career
Nicknamed "Broad-Axe
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Suicide in the Trenches
In Nathaniel Ian Miller's novel The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven, the main character believes the poem has the "subtlety of a broad-axe".
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narrow
▪ I. narrow, a. and n. (ˈnærəʊ) Forms: 1 nearu, -o, -uo, naru(u), neruu, 2 nareu, 3–4 naru, (3 narv), 4 narw, narou; 3 neruh, 4 narouȝ, nargh, 5 narevh, narwh, narough; 4–6 narow(e, narrowe, 6 Sc. narraw, 4– narrow. Inflected. 1 nearwe, naarwe, 3 narrwe, 3–4 narwe, 4 narȝwe; 1 nearewe, -uwe, 1, 3 ne...
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Wharton Esherick
Eisenhauer, Paul, ed., Wharton Esherick's Illuminated and Illustrated Song of the Broad-Axe by Walt Whitman, Atglen, Pennsylvania, Schiffer Publishing,
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halbert
▪ I. halberd, halbert, n. (ˈhælbəd, -ət) Forms: 5 haubert, 6 hauberd(e, hal-, hawbart, holber, halbearde, 6–7 holberd(e, 7 hol-, hould-b(e)ard, holbert, harbert, hallbard, halbar, 6– halbard, -berd, 7– -bert. [a. OF. hale-, hallebard (15th c.), alabarde (14th c.) (= Pr., Sp., It. alabarda), ad. MHG....
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James Smith (boxer)
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He lost his first fight against James "Broad-Axe" Broad, a world-class amateur and qualifier for the 1980 Olympics who was 2–0 as a
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Tony Tucker
In September 1986, Tucker finally landed a big fight, against 242 lb James "Broad-Axe" Broad, for the USBA belt and a world title eliminator.
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spar
▪ I. spar, n.1 (spɑː(r)) Also 4 sperr, 4–6 sperre; 4–7 sparre, 4, 6–8 sparr. [A word of Continental origin, appearing in the following forms: MDu. sparre, spar, spaer (Du. and WFris. spar), MLG. sparre, spare, spar (LG. spar, spaar), OHG. sparro (MHG. sparre, G. sparren, † sparre, † sparr), ON. spar...
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Lumberjack
These lumberjacks, called tie hacks, used saws to fell trees and cut to length, and a broad-axe to flatten two or all four sides of the log to create railroad
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