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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

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

2. a sharp-tongued domineering wife;
[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-ax
    n 1: a broadax used as a weapon [syn: battle-ax, battle-axe]
    2: a sharp-tongued domineering wife [syn: battle-ax, battle-
       axe]