battle-axe

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

battle-axe
    n 1: a sharp-tongued domineering wife [syn: {battle-ax},
         {battle-axe}]
    2: a broadax used as a weapon [syn: {battle-ax}, {battle-axe}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Battle-ax \Bat"tle-ax`\ Battle-axe \Bat"tle-axe`\(-[a^]ks`), n.
   (Mil.)
   A kind of broadax formerly used as an offensive weapon.
   [1913 Webster]

from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

Battle-axe
a mallet or heavy war-club. Applied metaphorically (Jer. 51:20)
to Cyrus, God's instrument in destroying Babylon.

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