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2. Billhook - Wikipedia

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   The use of a billhook is between that of a knife and an axe. It is often used for cutting woody plants such as saplings and small branches, for hedging and for snedding (stripping the side shoots from a branch). [3] In France and Italy it is widely used for pruning grape vines.

3. Technological and industrial history of Canada - Wikipedia

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   The first sulfite pulp mill in Canada, the Halifax Wood Fibre Company, was established in Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia in 1885. Others followed including plants in Cornwall, Ontario, 1888, Hull, Quebec, 1889, Chatham, Quebec, 1889, the biggest, the Riordon Company in Merritton, Ontario in 1890 and in Hawkesbury, Ontario in 1898.

4. Axe - Wikipedia

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   Ice axe or climbing axe: A number of different styles of ice axes are designed for ice climbing and enlarging steps used by climbers. Lathe hammer (also known as a lath hammer, lathing hammer, or lathing hatchet): a tool used for cutting and nailing wood lath which has a small hatchet blade on one side (which features a small lateral nick used ...

5. Agriculture in Canada - Wikipedia

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   More than half of Canada's vineyard acreage is situated in Ontario, with 150 vineyards spread across 6,900 hectares (17,000 acres). [32] [33] British Columbia holds 240 wineries, spread throughout 4,152 hectares (10,260 acres). [33] There are 138 wineries in Quebec, which manage 808 hectares (2,000 acres) of vineyards in the province. [33]

6. Adze - Wikipedia

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   An adze (/ æ d z /) or adz is an ancient and versatile cutting tool similar to an axe but with the cutting edge perpendicular to the handle rather than parallel. Adzes have been used since the Stone Age. They are used for smoothing or carving wood in hand woodworking, and as a hoe for agriculture and horticulture. Two basic forms of an adze ...

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8. Mattock - Wikipedia

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   A mattock (/ ˈ m æ t ə k /) is a hand tool used for digging, prying, and chopping. Similar to the pickaxe, it has a long handle and a stout head which combines either a vertical axe blade with a horizontal adze (cutter mattock), or a pick and an adze (pick mattock). A cutter mattock is similar to a Pulaski used in fighting fires.

9. Broadaxe - Wikipedia

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   A broadaxe is a large broad-headed axe. There are two categories of cutting edge on broadaxes, both are used for shaping logs into beams by hewing. On one type, one side is flat, and the other side beveled, a basilled edge, also called a side axe, [1] single bevel, or chisle-edged axe. [2]