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poleaxe
n. & v.
—n.
1 a battleaxe.
2 a butcher's axe.
—v.tr. hit or kill with or as if with a poleaxe .
Etymology
: ME pol(
l
)ax, -ex f. MDu. pol(
l
)aex, MLG pol(
l
)exe (as POLL(
1
),
AXE
)
Useful english dictionary
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