1.
[syn: pick, pickax, pickaxe]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pickax \Pick"ax`\, Pickaxe \Pick"axe`\ (p[i^]k"[a^]ks`), n. [A
corruption of OE. pikois, pikeis, F. picois, fr. pic. See
Pick, n.]
A pick with a point at one end, a transverse edge or blade at
the other, and a handle inserted at the middle; a hammer with
a flattened end for driving wedges and a pointed end for
piercing as it strikes. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pickax
n 1: a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head
that is pointed on both ends; "they used picks and sledges
to break the rocks" [syn: pick, pickax, pickaxe]