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pickaxe

verb

  1. to use a pickaxe
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noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpɪkˌæks/

noun

Etymology: Inherited from Middle English pykeaxe, pecaxe, pyke exe (“pickaxe”), an alteration (due to folk etymology association with pick and axe) of Middle English pikeyse, pikeys, pykois, from Anglo-Norman *pikeis, Old French picois, pecois, from Latin picōsa (“pickaxe”), from picca, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pīk (“sharp point, pike”). Doublet of pique and pike.

  1. A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge.

    He was mining stone using a pickaxe.

verb

Etymology: Inherited from Middle English pykeaxe, pecaxe, pyke exe (“pickaxe”), an alteration (due to folk etymology association with pick and axe) of Middle English pikeyse, pikeys, pykois, from Anglo-Norman *pikeis, Old French picois, pecois, from Latin picōsa (“pickaxe”), from picca, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pīk (“sharp point, pike”). Doublet of pique and pike.

  1. To use a pickaxe.