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Poleax

Alt. of Poleaxe

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Ax 76% connected

Alt. of Axe

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Axe 76% connected

A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, etc. It is wield…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Battle-ax 76% connected

Alt. of Battle-axe

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Battle-axe 76% connected

A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Drop 76% connected

The quantity of fluid which falls in one small spherical mass; a liquid globule; a minim; hence, also, the smallest easily measured portion of a flui…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fell 76% connected

of Fall

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Poleaxe 92% connected

Anciently, a kind of battle-ax with a long handle; later, an ax or hatchet with a short handle, and a head variously patterned; -- used by soldiers,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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