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HELVE

\hˈɛlv], \hˈɛlv], \h_ˈɛ_l_v]\

Definitions of HELVE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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The lever at the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge hammer.
A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
To furnish with a helve, as an ax.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The lever at the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge hammer.
A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
To furnish with a helve, as an ax.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

The handle of an ax; the handle of a forge hammer.

1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer

To furnish with a handle, as an axe.

1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
By Daniel Lyons

Handle of an axe.

1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman

n. [Anglo-Saxon] The handle of an axe or hatchet; sometimes the head of the axe.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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