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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a sharp-tongued domineering wife;
[syn: battle-ax, battle-axe]

2. a broadax used as a weapon;
[syn: battle-ax, battle-axe]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Battle-ax \Bat"tle-ax`\ Battle-axe \Bat"tle-axe`\(-[a^]ks`), n. (Mil.) A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

battle-axe n 1: a sharp-tongued domineering wife [syn: battle-ax, battle-axe] 2: a broadax used as a weapon [syn: battle-ax, battle-axe]
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

Battle-axe a mallet or heavy war-club. Applied metaphorically (Jer. 51:20) to Cyrus, God's instrument in destroying Babylon.