hack-iron
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[edit]Noun
[edit]hack-iron (plural hack-irons)
- A miner's pickax or hack.
- A chisel or similar tool for cutting metal, as wire, into nails.
- 1875, J. Walker, The handy book of object lessons, revised by H. Smith, page 98:
- 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.