How To Use Battle-ax In A Sentence
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Instead of which he rushed into the temple with his armed men; smashed down, with his own battle-axe, the god Thor, prostrate on the ground at one stroke, to set an example; and, in a few minutes, had the whole Hakon Pantheon wrecked; packing up meanwhile all the gold and preciosities accumulated there
Early Kings of Norway
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Instead of which he rushed into the temple with his armed men; smashed down, with his own battle-axe, the god Thor prostrate on the floor at one stroke, to set an example; and in a few minutes had the whole Hakon Pantheon wrecked; packing up, meanwhile, all the gold and preciosities accumulated there (not forgetting Thor's illustrious gold collar, of which we shall hear again), and victoriously took the plunder home with him for his own royal uses and behoof of the state.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
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Call it a stroke if you want, but me, I think he went out wielding a giant battle-axe against a 200 foot-long python, with a helium-breasted. fur-bikinied warrior woman by his side.
San Antonio Remembers Frank Frazetta (1928-2010) | Missions Unknown
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The first thing we learned is that the head is so heavy (being chunkier than a battle-axe) that the thing is pretty useless in melee — it is just too unwieldy.
The Francisca « Isegoria
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That brain had crashed to dust beneath Conan's battle-ax on the night the king had fought for his life with the assassins the mad rimer had led into the betrayed palace, but the shuddersome words of that grisly song still rang in the king's ears as he stood there in his chains.
The Conan Chronicles
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Hope Cordy realizes nobody ever said anything about the pen being mistier than a battle-ax, Lorne thought.
Monolith
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They were clad in brilliantly-painted cloths, and the soldiers were armed with the saw-toothed war-club, the bow and arrows barbed and poisoned with the juice of the euphorbium, the cutlass, the “sima,” a long sabre (also with saw-like teeth), and some small battle-axes.
Five Weeks in a Balloon
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Then sir Matthew strake asunder the spear with his sword; and when sir James Lindsay saw how he had lost his spear, he cast away the truncheon and lighted afoot, and took a little battle-axe that he carried at his back and handled it with his one hand quickly and deliverly, in the which feat Scots be well expert, and then he set at sir Matthew and he defended himself properly.
Chronicle and Romance (The Harvard Classics Series)
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Long-handled battle-axes might be used instead of swords, particularly in open combat.
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Men of the armies fought with double-edged swords, battle-axes, lances, slings, and weapons of archery.
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Seeing this our hero made a sudden rush at one of the men who fought with a battle-axe, seized the axe by the handle, and with one sweep of his sword lopped off the man's arm.
Erling the Bold
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We drew our battle-axes at the same instant, and rushed at each other, but before either had an opportunity to strike, the pipe was thrust between us, compelling us to desist, to disobey which is instant death.
The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth
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They were clad in brilliantly-painted cloths, and the soldiers were armed with the saw-toothed war-club, the bow and arrows barbed and poisoned with the juice of the euphorbium, the cutlass, the “sima,” a long sabre (also with saw-like teeth), and some small battle-axes.
Five Weeks in a Balloon
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Men of the armies fought with double-edged swords, battle-axes, lances, slings, and weapons of archery.
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Ultra-Chartists, 'Danes' as they were then called, coming into his territory with their 'five points,' or rather with their five-and-twenty thousand _points_ and edges too, of pikes namely and battle-axes; and proposing mere Heathenism, confiscation, spoliation, and fire and sword, -- Edmund answered that he would oppose to the utmost such savagery.
Past and Present Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works, Vol. XIII.
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Any advantage gained by one was foiled by the other, till at length Saint Andrew, uttering his battle-cry, struck so mighty a blow with his battle-axe, that he clave the Georgian's burgonet, and his head beneath, from his crown to his shoulders, and his body fell lifeless on the ground.
The Seven Champions of Christendom
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That fellow with the battle-axe looks as if he wanted to split George's head open, " said Mr. Audley, pointing to a fierce warrior whose uplifted arm appeared above George Talboys' dark hair.
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Hence the modern guardsmen carry tear gas and pepper spray in addition to their halberds, the combination of spear and battle-ax that the guardsmen carry.
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Men of the armies fought with double-edged swords, battle-axes, lances, slings, and weapons of archery.
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The distinguishing badge of the toqui is a kind of battle-axe, made of marble or porpyhry.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time
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However, a sword, a battle-axe, a shield boss and a spearhead were still inside the grave.
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If St. Michael had stepped down from a church window, leaving the dragon slain, he would have looked no otherwise than she, all gleaming with steel, and with grey eyes full of promise of victory: the holy sword girdled about her, and a little battle-axe hanging from her saddle-girth.
A Monk of Fife