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Definition of Axmen
1. axman [n] - See also: axman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Axmen
Literary usage of Axmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Field Practice of Railway Location by Willard Beahan (1904)
"In timbered country it is the strength of the party as axmen that controls ...
In prairie country the axmen are few in number, and when you reach a river or ..."
2. The Elements of Railroad Engineering by William Galt Raymond (1917)
"He may assist the axmen in difficult clearing. Either he or the axmen will make
... The axmen clear the line in timber, assist in carrying stakes over long ..."
3. History of the Third Pennsylvania Cavalry, Sixtieth Regiment Pennsylvania by Pennsylvania Cavalry 3d Regt., 1861-1865 (1905)
"The pioneers (axmen) of the brigade were now ordered forward to clear the way of
obstructions on one side of the river, under the command of Lieutenant DM ..."
4. The Design of Railway Location: A Study of the Physical and Economic by Clement Clarence Williams (1917)
"The axmen, where more than one are required, usually include a front axman and
other axmen. The former should be able to keep on line ahead of the head ..."
5. The Silver-Burdett Readers by Ella Marie Powers, Thomas Minard Balliet (1906)
"I snatched my children by the hand, and rushed forward to join the axmen; ...
I called aloud to the axmen for assistance ; and when they heard my desperate ..."
6. Text Book on Railroad Surveying by George Wellington Pickels, Carroll Carson Wiley (1913)
"... and axmen. His duties are: to see that the distances are chained correctly;
to see that the stakes are driven on line, that they are driven straight, ..."
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