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Helve   Listen
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Helve  v. t.  (past & past part. helved; pres. part. helving)  To furnish with a helve, as an ax.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Helve" Quotes from Famous Books



... His hands blistered at the unaccustomed task. The helve of the axe was stained with blood, and clung to his grasp as if his palms were glued. His blows grew altogether ineffectual The axe fell sideways often, and at such times the blow jarred him to the spine. 'You will come down,' he said, 'if ...
— Despair's Last Journey • David Christie Murray

... bit of oak. The forest must needs be somewhat spared While such a loss was being repair'd. Came the man at last, and humbly pray'd That the Woods would kindly lend to him— A moderate loan—a single limb, Whereof might another helve be made, And his axe should elsewhere drive its trade. Oh, the oaks and firs that then might stand, A pride and a joy throughout the land, For their ancientness and glorious charms! The innocent Forest lent ...
— The Talking Beasts • Various

... strength of the person who is to use it; the blade is thin, and by means of a movable wedge which is driven into the eye of the hoe, it can be set more or less digging (as it is termed), that is, on a greater or less angle with the helve, at pleasure. In this respect there are few instances where the American blacksmith is not employed to alter the eye of an English-made hoe before it is fit for use; the industrious and truly useful merchants of Glasgow have paid ...
— Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce • E. R. Billings



Words linked to "Helve" :   reap hook, blade, knife, steel, handgrip, axe, file, sword, handle, reaping hook, sickle, hold, dagger



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