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Adz or Adze (adz)
An axlike tool used to cut and shape wood.
Common clues: Wood trimmer; Curved carpenter's tool; Wood dressing tool
Crossword puzzle frequency: 5 times a year
Frequency in English language: 60416 / 86800
The tool known as the adze serves for smoothing rough-cut wood in hand woodworking. Generally, the user stands astride a board or log and swings the adze downwards towards their feet, chipping off a piece of wood and walking backwards as they go, leaving a relatively smooth surface behind. However, in general it can be used for various cutting operations.
The head of the adze is oriented to the haft like a hoe, or plane, and not like an axe, whose cutting blade would be perpendicular to the blade of an adze.
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