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mattock
So the wage bill has been shaved off even more with mattock, tchoiy and Shorey going.
From the expressandstar.com
They then dismembered her with a mattock, which is similar to a pick ax.
From the fresnobee.com
You can also re-open old holes with a hatchet or small hand mattock.
From the post-gazette.com
Mattock sees access to nutritious food as an issue of food justice.
From the kentucky.com
Also a mattock is a weapon if it is used contrary to it's intended purpose as is any implement.
From the dailymercury.com.au
The mattock had the victim's red-stained hair, Eaton testified.
From the fresnobee.com
Using a mattock to dig the earth beside the helicopter and plant flowers, would've been more compelling.
From the dailymercury.com.au
It takes a special person to hand-dig a 2-foot-wide tread with a cutter mattock to flatten out the trail.
From the newsobserver.com
Cut the roots with an axe or mattock at the paved areas.
From the washingtonpost.com
- A kind of pick that is used for digging; has a flat blade set at right angles to the handle
- A mattock (Old English mattuc, Middle English mattok) is a hand tool similar to a pickaxe. It is distinguished by the head, which makes it particularly suitable for digging or breaking up moderately hard ground. A mattock has a broad chisel-like blade perpendicular to the handle. ...
- Mattock is a surname which may refer to: * Joe Mattock (born 1990), English footballer * Jon Mattock, English musician * Lilly Mattock, fictional soap character
- An agricultural tool whose blades are at right angles to the body; similar in appearance to a pickax
- (mattocks) tools for loosening soil; a mattock is like a pickax but has a flat, adz-shaped blade.
- (22) -- an agricultural tool used for loosening hard ground (Oxford Dict.)
- A sturdy hoe or adze-like tool used to loosen dirt; a grubber or grub-hoe.
- A primitive weapon, originally a farming tool, perhaps best described as a double-headed battle-hoe
- (1.) Heb. ma'eder , an instrument for dressing or pruning a vineyard (Isa 7:25); a weeding-hoe. (2.) Heb. mahareshah (Sa1 13:1), perhaps the ploughshare or coulter. (3.) Heb. herebh , marg. of text (Ch2 34:6). Authorized Version, "with their mattocks," marg. "mauls. ...
