axe
noun
- civilian cutting tool with a relatively heavy edged head fixed to a parallel handle
- tool or weapon
verb
- chop/remove/end, as with an axe literally or figuratively.
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /æks/
name
Etymology: Ultimately derived from Proto-Brythonic *Uɨsk, a river name perhaps originally meaning "abundant in fish". Cognate with the river names Esk, Exe, and Usk.
- A river in Dorset, Somerset, and east Devon, England, which flows into Lyme Bay at Seaton.
- A river in Somerset, England, which flows into the Bristol Channel at Weston-super-Mare.
noun
Etymology: Derived from French axe, from Latin axis.
- The axle of a wheel.
verb
Etymology: From Old English axian (“ask”); see ax for more.
- Alternative form of ask.
“Axe and it ſhalbe geven you. Seke and ye ſhall fynd / Knocke and it ſhalbe opened vnto you.”
“I axe you—have I said one word about that little matter to-day?”