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Definition of: pickax
(pik′aks′) noun
A pick or mattock with one arm of the head edged like a chisel and the other pointed; also, one with both arms pointed. Also pick′axe′. [Alter. of ME pikoys <OF picois,? <pic a pike1; infl. in form by ax]
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