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Adle vs Adze - What's the difference?

adle | adze |

As nouns the difference between adle and adze

is that adle is (obsolete) sickness; disease while adze is father.

adle

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) Sickness; disease.

    • adze

    English

    Alternative forms

    * adz (US)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cutting tool that has a curved blade set at a right angle to the handle and is used in shaping wood.
  • * 1719 , :
    • ...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 .

    See also

    * adze-eye hammer * axe * mattock

    External links

    * (wikipedia "adze")

    References

    Verb

    (adz)
  • To shape a material using an adze.

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