adz

See also: ADZ

English

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ædz

Noun

adz (plural adzes)

  1. (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of adze
    • March 1920, Alice Ballantine Kirjassoff, “FORMOSA THE BEAUTIFUL”, in National Geographic Magazine‎, page 267:
      The adz is used in reducing the camphor tree to chips, which can be placed into retorts for the distillation process (see illustration on the next page).

Verb

adz (third-person singular simple present adzes, present participle adzing, simple past and past participle adzed)

  1. (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of adze

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