Ax

[Ax]

An ax is a sharp tool for cutting wood. When you split logs, you hold the handle, swing the ax into the air, and let the blade fall on the wood.

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To ask; to inquire or inquire of.

Noun
an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle

Verb
terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"

Verb
chop or split with an ax; "axe wood"

n.
Alt. of Axe

v. t. & i.
To ask; to inquire or inquire of.

Ax

Ax , v. t. & i. [OE. axien and asken. See Ask.] To ask; to inquire or inquire of. &hand; This word is from Saxon, and is as old as the English language. Formerly it was in good use, but now is regarded as a vulgarism. It is still dialectic in England, and is sometimes heard among the uneducated in the United States. "And Pilate axide him, Art thou king of Jewis?" "Or if he axea fish." Wyclif. 'bdThe king axed after your Grace's welfare." Pegge.

To ask; to inquire or inquire of.

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Misspelled Form

Ax, Ax, x, Ax, Azx, Asx, Adx, Acx, Az, As, Ad, Ac, Axz, Axs, Axd, Axc.