Axe

Anaxe(sometimesaxinAmerican English;see spelling differences) is an implement that has been used formillenniato shape, split and cutwood,toharvesttimber,as aweapon,and as aceremonialorheraldicsymbol.The axe has many forms and specialised uses but generally consists of an axe head with ahandle,orhelve.

Roman axe in an ancient Roman relief in Brescia,Italy

Louis Douzette

Quotes

• It is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead.
  • Edsger W. Dijkstra,"How do we tell truths that might hurt?"(1975). Published inACM SIGPLAN Notices17:5 (May 1982), pp. 13–15.

• The woodman’s axe lies free,
  And the reaper’s work is done.
  • Felicia Hemans,Tyrolese Evening Song,st. 1.

• Whenever there isexcess,an axe remedies it!
  • Sumerian proverb,Collection XVIIIatThe Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature,3rd millennium BC.

External links

• "Axe".Encyclopedia Americana.1920.
• "Axe".New International Encyclopedia.1905.
• "Axe".The American Cyclopædia.1879.
• "Axe".Encyclopædia Britannica(11th ed.). 1911.

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