Category:Pickax

Pick"ax`, pick"axe`, n. Etym: [a corruption of oe. pikois, pikeis, f. Picois, fr. pic. See pick, n.]

Defn: 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.