axes
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Dr Stephanie Brown said: "Knives were omnipresent in medieval society. Axes were commonplace in homes for cutting wood, and many men carried a staff."
From BBC • Sep. 28, 2023
Axes created a more symmetrical, oval fracture than the adze, for example.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 16, 2023
A year ago, this former Murry’s Supermarket in the heart of Park View was empty, having just been vacated by the ax-throwing bar Kraken Axes, which was moving to a spot elsewhere in the city.
From Washington Post • Sep. 19, 2019
Axes of various sizes and weights are provided by the clubs.
From Washington Times • Jul. 1, 2018
Men were laboring with Mattocks & Axes & Picks & rustic Grubbing Hoes — & together they digged out & built up the Breastworks & Redoubts at the Eminence of the Hill.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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