[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["a medieval shafted weapon with blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot.", "an ax, usually with a hammer opposite the cutting edge, used in stunning and slaughtering animals.", "an ax with both a blade and a hook, formerly used in naval warfare to assist sailors in boarding vessels."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to strike down or kill with or as if with a poleax."]}]