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Poleax \Pole"ax`\, Poleaxe \Pole"axe`\, n. [OE. pollax; cf. OD.
pollexe. See {Poll} head, and Ax.]
Anciently, a kind of battle-ax with a long handle; later, an
ax or hatchet with a short handle, and a head variously
patterned; -- used by soldiers, and also by sailors in
boarding a vessel.
[1913 Webster] poleaxe


poleax \poleax\, poleaxe \poleaxe\v. t.
1. To fell with or as if with a poleax; -- often used
figuratively; as, the entire department was poleaxed after
the takeover.
[WordNet 1.5 PJC]

2. Stunned; astonished;; as, we couldn't speak, poleaxed by
the sight in fronnt fo us.
[PJC]

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