Hack-iron

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A miner's pickax or hack.
  2. 2
    A chisel or similar tool for cutting metal, as wire, into nails.

    "He then takes one of the rods out of the fire, and resting it on the anvil, draws out the nail by a few skilful blows, and cuts it off from the rod by means of a hack-iron."

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"He then takes one of the rods out of the fire, and resting it on the anvil, draws out the nail by a few skilful blows, and cuts it off from the rod by means of a hack-iron."

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