0 a tool like an axe with the blade at an angle of approximately 90° to the handle, used for cutting and shaping wood --
The original adze marks are clearly in evidence.
Tools found included picks, adzes, borers and flake scrapers.
He was given a wife, an adze, and a salmon trap.
By the beginning of the 20th century, the pick lengthened to about twice the length of the adze.
The reason for the adzes in the arms is not known; it is possibly dialectal canting.
Argillite, the most common adze head material is hard, compressed mudstone.
There are two adze-making sites - one adjacent to the early occupation zone and the second adjacent to the later burial site.
During the week preceding the change, each section foreman made sure all ties on his section were properly adzed and clear of gravel.