hack-iron

noun — 2 senses

hack-iron

noun

1

A miner's pickax or hack.

2

A chisel or similar tool for cutting metal, as wire, into nails.

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.1875, J. Walker, The handy book of object lessons, revised by H. Smith, page 98:

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