This muscle lies under the surface; and, as it is necessary to pass through a membrane of the eye, the cutting cannot be done with a broadaxe or a handsaw.
"Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I."
John L. Stephens
I'd be bloody and crushed and-" He checked himself in the midst of these dire forebodings to rise suddenly and cross to the ghastly looking frame with the cords, the hinges, and the great broadaxe that lay harmlessly in the grooves at the top.
"Jane Cable"
George Barr McCutcheon
He lifted the broadaxe to its place, tenderly, almost lovingly.
"Jane Cable"
George Barr McCutcheon