Definition of Ax head

1. Noun. The cutting head of an ax.

Exact synonyms: Axe Head
Group relationships: Ax, Axe
Generic synonyms: Wedge

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ax Head

awrack
awrath
awrathed
awreak
awright
awrong
awroth
awry
awry(p)
awsome
awsomest
aww
aww yeah
ax
ax handle
ax head (current term)
axal
axanthopsia
axe
axe-murder
axe-murderer
axe handle
axe head
axe heads
axe murder
axe murderer
axe murderers
axeblade
axeblades
axed

Literary usage of Ax head

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"... was struck on the leg by an ax head, and thereby received a wound from the effects of which he died; and that the ax head fell from an open doorway in ..."

2. Harvard African Studies by African Dept (1917)
"Two leopards stand at the sides of the square hole, and between them is what appears to be a polished stone ax-head. Behind the king is an oval hole. ..."

3. Ancient Times, a History of the Early World: An Introduction to the Study of by James Henry Breasted (1916)
"Our ancient craftsman had now learned also to attach a wooden handle by lashings around the ax-head, or even to bore a hole in the ax-head and insert the ..."

4. Outlines of the History of Art by Wilhelm Lübke (1904)
"Weapons of the Bronze Epoch. t, f> £, stone ax-heads which have been worked by means of metal; h, bronze ax- head with ornaments copied from stone originals ..."

5. The Rich Single Life: Abundance, Opportunity & Purpose in God by By Andrew Farmer (1998)
"For example, to make an ax head, a blacksmith combines the heavy strength of iron with the ... In a well-made ax head the heavy portion is entirely iron, ..."

6. A Dictionary of the Holy Bible: Containing an Historical Account of the by James Wood (1813)
"One of them let his ax-head, which was borrowed, fall off into the deep current Elisha, by putting a stick into the water, near where it was, ..."

7. The World's Great Sermons by Grenville Kleiser (1908)
"Has the ax-head gone? Has it slipt into the water? How can it be restored? The first thing a man discovers in his own impotence, is that the power which was ..."

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