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helve
[ helv ]
noun
- the handle of an ax, hatchet, hammer, or the like.
verb (used with object)
helved, helving.
- to furnish with a helve.
helve
/ ɛ /
noun
- the handle of a hand tool such as an axe or pick
verb
- tr to fit a helve to (a tool)
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Other 51Թ Forms
- İ noun
- ܲ· adjective
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of helve1
before 900; Middle English; Old English h ( i ) elfe
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of helve1
Old English hielfe; related to Old Saxon è, Old High German halb, Lithuanian ì貹 stirrup; see halter
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“Can a man not come back for an axe helve without finding his house a shambles?”
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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.
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What are known as power hammers are those driven by belt and pulley; while those known as trip hammers have their helve lifted through the medium of revolving lugs or cams.
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Just like an axehead on its helve Old Bennett sat and watched the gathering.
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Fire wood was scattered about; here was an axe with a broken helve, there a rust-eaten shovel, and the whole place spoke of poverty.
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