axe vs rondel

axe

noun
  • An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle. 

  • A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives. 

  • A dismissal or rejection. 

  • A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it. 

  • A drastic reduction or cutback. 

  • A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz. 

verb
  • To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel. 

  • To furnish with an axle. 

  • To fell or chop with an axe. 

rondel

noun
  • A long thin medieval dagger with a circular guard and a circular pommel (hence the name). 

  • A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion. 

  • A metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two. 

  • A rondelle, (small) circular object. 

  • The verse form rondeau. 

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