Adze Wikipedia
Adze. An adze (/ æ d z /) or adz is an ancient and versatile cutting tool similar to an axe but with the cutting edge perpendicular to the handle rather than parallel. Adzes have been used since the Stone are used for smoothing or carving wood in hand woodworking, and as a hoe for agriculture and basic forms of an adze are the hand adze (short hoe)—a shorthandled ...