ADZE, a tool used for cutting and planing. It is somewhat like an axe re versed, the edge of the blade curving inward and placed at right angles to the handle. This shape is most suitable for planing uneven timber, as inequalities are "hooked off" by the curved blade. At the same time, each cut of the adze leaves its own facet, giving a peculiarly wrought effect to work so finished. The beams of old houses, or of new ones finished in an old-fashioned way, show most pleasantly the marks of the adze. See Tool..