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Battle-axe - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Battle-axe : (noun)
1: a sharp-tongued domineering wife [syn: battle-ax]
2: a broadax used as a weapon [syn: battle-ax]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Battle-ax \Bat"tle-ax`\Battle-axe : \Bat"tle-axe`\(-[a^]ks`), n.
(Mil.)
A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Battle-axe : a mallet or heavy war-club. Applied metaphorically (Jer. 51:20)
to Cyrus, God's instrument in destroying Babylon.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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