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Definition[1]

kuṭhārī : [f.] an axe; hatchet.

Source
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]

Kuṭhārī (f.) [cp. Sk. kuṭhāra, axe=Lat. culter, knife from *(s)qer, to cut, in Lat. caro, etc]. An axe, a hatchet Vin iii.144; S iv.160, 167; M i.233=S iii.141; A. i.141;ii.201; iv.171; J i.431; DhA iii.59; PvA 277. Purisassa hi jātassa kuthārī jāyate mukhe "when man is born, together with him is born an axe in his mouth (to cut evil speech)" S i.149=Sn 657=A v.174.

Source
Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
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