- hand-adz
- \\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
: a prehistoric celt-shaped tool usually of stone having one flat and one curved surface and an adz type of cutting edge
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
hand-adz
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