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pole·ax I. noun or pole·axe or pol·lax or pol·laxe \ˈpōˌlaks\ Etymology: Middle English polax, pollax, from pol, polle head + ax — more at poll 1. a. : a battle-ax with a short handle and often a cutting edge or point opposite the blade b. : one having a long handle and used as an ornamental weapon (as by members of a royal bodyguard) 2. : a short ax with a strong hook at the top of the handle formerly used in naval warfare especially by boarders 3. : an ax made with a hammer face opposite the edge and used in slaughtering cattle II. transitive verb or poleaxe or pollax or pollaxe \“\ : to attack, strike, or fell with or as if with a poleax < the oxen … were shot or poleaxed — H.W.Nevinson > < the crowds … had already been poleaxed, mentally and emotionally — Benedict Thielen > |