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(n.) 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.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Poleaxe'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/poleaxe.html. 1828.
 
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