Matt Abrahamson thought he had found something of more than usual value when he came upon this chest; but when he cut the cords and broke open the box with his broadax, he could not have been more astonished had he beheld a salamander instead of a baby of nine or ten months old lying half smothered in the blankets that covered the bottom of the chest.
"Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates"
Howard I. Pyle
He could build a good log house without a nail or any other article that would cost money, and with very few tools beside his ax and broadax.
"Tales and Trails of Wakarusa"
Alexander Miller Harvey
They were of logs handsomely shaped with the broadax; the joints between the logs were plastered with mortar; the 15 chimney at the end was of stone; the roof was shingled, the windows were of glass, and the door was solid and well hung.
"Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year"
E.C. Hartwell