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Dictionary Results for poleax:

1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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

3. 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]

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