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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



... Achilles' charioteer and squire, Automedon, huge Periphas and all The Scyrian youth rush up, and flaming fire Hurl to the roof, and thunder at the wall. He in the forefront, tallest of the tall, Poleaxe in hand, unhinging at a stroke The brazen portals, made the doorway fall, And wide-mouthed as a window, through the oak, A panelled plank hewn out, ...
— The Aeneid of Virgil - Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor • Virgil


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


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