"hack-iron" meaning in English

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      "form": "hack-irons",
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        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "A miner's pickax or hack."
      ],
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        [
          "miner",
          "miner"
        ],
        [
          "pickax",
          "pickax"
        ],
        [
          "hack",
          "hack"
        ]
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1875, J. Walker, The handy book of object lessons, revised by H. Smith, page 98",
          "text": "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.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A chisel or similar tool for cutting metal, as wire, into nails."
      ],
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          "chisel",
          "chisel"
        ],
        [
          "metal",
          "metal"
        ],
        [
          "wire",
          "wire"
        ],
        [
          "nails",
          "nails"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hack-iron"
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hack-irons",
      "tags": [
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A miner's pickax or hack."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "miner",
          "miner"
        ],
        [
          "pickax",
          "pickax"
        ],
        [
          "hack",
          "hack"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "ref": "1875, J. Walker, The handy book of object lessons, revised by H. Smith, page 98",
          "text": "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.",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A chisel or similar tool for cutting metal, as wire, into nails."
      ],
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          "chisel",
          "chisel"
        ],
        [
          "metal",
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        ],
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          "wire"
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          "nails",
          "nails"
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