Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Adz

Adz ({not transcribed}) , noun

[Old English adese, adis, adse, Anglo-Saxon adesa, adese, ax, hatchet.]

A carpenter's or cooper's tool, formed with a thin arching blade set at right angles to the handle. It is used for chipping or slicing away the surface of wood.

Also: Adze

Adz , transitive verb

To cut with an adz. [Rare] — Carlyle