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Poleaxe

verb
1.
Fell with or as if with a poleax.  Synonym: poleax.





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"Poleaxe" Quotes from Famous Books



... withering glance at the hardy speaker. But these expressions were few, for, though tottering, Wolsey was yet too formidable to be insulted with impunity. On either side of him were two mounted attend ants, each caring a gilt poleaxe, who, if he had given the word, would have instantly chastised the insolence of the bystanders, while behind him rode his two cross-bearers upon homes ...
— Windsor Castle • William Harrison Ainsworth


Words linked to "Poleaxe" :   ax, battle-axe, axe, drop, battle-ax, cut down, strike down, fell


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