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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Pickax

/(pĭk"ăks`)/ · Pick·ax · IPA
01 n. A pick with a point at one end, a transverse edge or blade at the other, and a handle inserted at the middle; a hammer with a flattened end…
  1. 1.
    A pick with a point at one end, a transverse edge or blade at the other, and a handle inserted at the middle; a hammer with a flattened end for driving wedges and a pointed end for piercing as it strikes.