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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade;
[syn: poleax, poleaxe]

2. a battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pick;
[syn: poleax, poleaxe]


VERB (1)

1. fell with or as if with a poleax;
[syn: poleax, poleaxe]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Poleax \Pole"ax`\, Poleaxe \Pole"axe`\, n. [OE. pollax; cf. OD. pollexe. See Poll head, and Ax.] Anciently, a kind of battle-ax with a long handle; later, an ax or hatchet with a short handle, and a head variously patterned; -- used by soldiers, and also by sailors in boarding a vessel. [1913 Webster] poleaxe
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

poleax \poleax\, poleaxe \poleaxe\v. t. 1. To fell with or as if with a poleax; -- often used figuratively; as, the entire department was poleaxed after the takeover. [WordNet 1.5 + PJC] 2. Stunned; astonished;; as, we couldn't speak, poleaxed by the sight in fronnt fo us. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

poleax n 1: an ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade [syn: poleax, poleaxe] 2: a battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pick [syn: poleax, poleaxe] v 1: fell with or as if with a poleax [syn: poleax, poleaxe]