Definition of helve

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Helve (n.) The lever at the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge hammer..

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Helve :: Helve (v. t.) To furnish with a helve, as an ax..
Cupboard :: Cupboard (n.) A small closet in a room, with shelves to receive cups, dishes, food, etc.; hence, any small closet..
Etagere :: Etagere (n.) A piece of furniture having a number of uninclosed shelves or stages, one above another, for receiving articles of elegance or use..
Shelve :: Shelve (v. t.) To place on a shelf. Hence: To lay on the shelf; to put aside; to dismiss from service; to put off indefinitely; as, to shelve an officer; to shelve a claim..
Helvetic :: Helvetic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Helvetii, the ancient inhabitant of the Alps, now Switzerland, or to the modern states and inhabitant of the Alpine regions; as, the Helvetic confederacy; Helvetic states..
Bullhead :: Bullhead (n.) The black-bellied plover (Squatarola helvetica); -- called also beetlehead.
Helve :: Helve (n.) A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
Burke :: Burke (v. t.) To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question..
Shelving :: Shelving (n.) The act of fitting up shelves; as, the job of shelving a closet..
Hanging :: Hanging (a.) Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves..
Hurt :: Hurt (n.) A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions..
Helm :: Helm (n.) A helve.
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To fit properly, as at a proper angle (a part of an implement that is swung in using), as a scythe to its snath, or an ax to its helve..
Shelve :: Shelve (v. t.) To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library..
Shelved :: Shelved (imp. & p. p.) of Shelv.
Niere :: niere (n.) A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers.
Axe :: Axe (n.) A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, etc. It is wielded by a wooden helve or handle, so fixed in a socket or eye as to be in the same plane with the blade. The broadax, or carpenter's ax, is an ax for hewing timber, made heavier than the chopping ax, and with a broader and thinner blade and a shorter handle..
Shelves :: Shelves (pl. ) of Shel.
Helve :: Helve (n.) The lever at the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge hammer..
Beetlehead :: Beetlehead (n.) The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica). See Plover..
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