WordNet
common axe
n. an ax with a long handle and a head that has one cutting edge and one blunt side [syn: common ax, Dayton ax, Dayton axe]
Usage examples of "common axe".
Caballo en Pelo mounted into the actual bed with him and stood there while one of the attending tribunal handed him at his right side a common axe the hickory helve of which was carved with pagan motifs and tasseled with the feathers of predatory birds.
There was a good supply of material that Uncle John had prepared, from which Abraham selected the best logs, every one of which was carefully hewn, though the only tools they had to work with were a common axe, a broad-axe, a hand-saw, and a “.