pickax : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pickax	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pickax
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pickax n a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends; "they used picks and sledges to break the rocks" Synonym(s): pick, pickax, pickaxe
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pickax \Pick"ax`\, Pickaxe \Pick"axe`\, n. [A corruption of OE. pikois, pikeis, F. picois, fr. pic. See {Pick}, n.] A pick with a point at one end, a transverse edge or blade at the other, and a handle inserted at the middle; a hammer with a flattened end for driving wedges and a pointed end for piercing as it strikes. --Shak.