Mattock
Pronunciation : Mat"tock
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. mattuc; cf. W. matog.]
Definition : Defn: An implement for digging and grubbing. The head has two long steel blades, one like an adz and the other like a narrow ax or the point of a pickax. 'T is you must dig with mattock and with spade. Shak.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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