Wednesday Word: Adz

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

Adz - an axe-like tool, for dressing timbers roughly, with a curved, chisel-like steel head that is mounted at a right angle to the handle.

Chances are you have see an adz but didn't realize it - it looks like the offspring of a hammer and an axe. It's a killer word to use in Scrabble when you can't make za!

Comments

[prettygoodword.livejournal.com]

It is! An alternate spelling is adze.

Another useful word of this ilk is zax, "a hatchetlike tool for cutting and punching nail holes in roofing slate."

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

Ah! I am sure I have used ZAX before but had no idea what it was...sometimes when your only strategy is hope, you stumble across a real winner :-)

[med_cat]

Great hint for Scrabble, thanks!

I've usually seen "adze"--is that an alternative spelling, then?

[calzephyr77.livejournal.com]

Apparently it is - I totally missed that when I looked it up.

[med_cat]

No problem, just wondered :)