They will fare but badly, with Harold's axmen behind the barrier.
I think the axmen of England can hold yonder lines against all the motley pirates under Duke William.
Grinding an ax requires some care, but it is really quite easy and it is surprising how many axmen will not attempt to grind an ax.
Some axmen maintain that the ax cuts better, or to use the woodsman's expression, "draws" better if in finishing the grinding the ax is given a wabbling motion.
The man is called Cathbarr of the Ax, and he is a hard man to fight, for he has ten men like himself, axmen all.
So that at high noon they rode away to the east, threescore strong, with Brian and Cathbarr and the remaining eight axmen in the van.
Except from the water, it was almost impregnable; cannon might have reached it from shore, but two axmen could have held the narrow way against an army.
The axmen had gathered most of their loot and buried what was of value, for Brian had determined to return here from Bertragh and make use of the tower until he had heard from Turlough's errand.
Then he picked two of the axmen who knew the country roundabout, and ten from among those O'Donnell had loaned him, and took them aside and told them of Turlough Wolf, who would come before long.
Cathbarr, who trusted the Dark Master little, set his ten axmen in the van, followed with Brian, and the sixty followed them into the night.
If this ruffian Cathbarr was a freebooting outlaw, he would be willing enough to stake his ten men on his prowess, and Yellow Brian was very anxious to have those ten axmen behind him.
The axmen got glory enough to last for years, and it was an axman who put out the last scrap of fire.
A couple of the axmen had a little fun with a rear window, but otherwise the affair is a flat failure.
I'll bring back the lumber for roofs, floors, and trimmings with me, and will try to pick up a few axmen for swamping.
The axmen were ordered up, and while they were clearing away the obstructions I rode ahead with the cavalry to the summit, and some four miles on the ridge beyond.
I have a hundred axmen in my charge, felling timber on the mountain, and constructing rough breastworks to protect our left flank.
With a wild hurrah the column closed in upon the lodge, MacWhirlie leading one wing, Pipe the other, and Bruce at the head of the axmen leading the centre.
He formed a half circle looking toward the old lodge, the pioneers or axmenbeing in the centre.
A] Of course Mr. Gladstone, and the multitude of undistinguished axmen who delight to fall a tree, have an honorable and lawful vocation.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "axmen" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
