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Definition of Double-bitted axe
1. Noun. An ax that has cutting edges on both sides of the head.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Double-bitted Axe
Literary usage of Double-bitted axe
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"See DOUBLE-BITTED AxE. The Egyptian axe was of iron, steel, or bronze; the color
seems to indicate the former ..."
2. Camp Craft: Modern Practice and Equipment by Warren Hastings Miller (1915)
"... and are just about the right weight for their users, 16 and 20 ounces respectively.
The double-bitted axe was first reduced to camper dimensions by ..."
3. Publications by Western Reserve Historical Society (1892)
"Not all of the axes are grooved ; occasionally a double- grooved specimen is
found, and one double-bitted axe was on exhibition. ..."
4. The American Antiquarian and Oriental Journal by Stephen Denison Peet (1905)
"... This may be termed the double-bitted axe, and has the groove in the middle,
and a bit with cutting edge at each end. It is heavy in the center and light ..."
5. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1914)
"Duncan would walk up to a forest giant that looked as big as the Tower of Pisa
and slam-bang into it with his double-bitted axe, amid a perfect shower of ..."
6. Tract by Western Reserve Historical Society (1892)
"Not all of the axes are grooved; occasionally a double- grooved specimen is found,
and one double-bitted axe was on exhibition. ..."
7. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"A scarlet sweater to one burly chopper, a double-bitted axe to another, a new
pair of brogans to a third. There were canned and boxed provisions for the ..."
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