1. a sharp knife, axe, hatchet, adze (often combined with pharasu) Ja.i.32, Ja.i.199; Ja.ii.274; Ja.iii.281 Ja.iv.344; Mil.383; Mil.413; Dhp-a.i.178 (tikhiṇā vāsiyā khaṇḍâkhaṇḍikaṃ chinditvā: cutting him up piecemeal with a sharp knife); Kp-a.49. -jaṭa handle of a mason’s adze Vin.iv.168; SN.iii.154; AN.iv.127.
2. a razor Ja.i.65; Ja.ii.103; Ja.iii.186, Ja.iii.377.

cp. Sk. vāśī