Definitions
an edge tool used to cut and shape wood
Word origin
From Middle English adse, adese, from Old English adesa, eadesa (compare the oldest forms: adosa, adosan), assumed from Proto-Germanic *adisô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃edʰḗs (compare Hittite [script needed] (atešša, “axe, hatchet”)).
Used in a sentence
“...if I wanted a board, I had no other way but to cut down a tree, set it on an edge before me, and hew it flat on either side with my axe, till I brought it to be thin as a plank, and then dub it smooth with my adze.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Wood-shaping blade”4 letters
02“Wood-shaping tool”4 letters
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