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Withe-rod :: Withe-rod (n.) A North American shrub (Viburnum nudum) whose tough osierlike shoots are sometimes used for binding sheaves.

Rack :: Rack (a.) A piece or frame of wood, having several sheaves, through which the running rigging passes; -- called also rack block. Also, a frame to hold shot..

Pitchfork :: Pitchfork (n.) A fork, or farming utensil, used in pitching hay, sheaves of grain, or the like..

Web :: Web (n.) A disk or solid construction serving, instead of spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds of car wheels, sheaves, etc..

Thrave :: Thrave (n.) Twenty-four (in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook..

Stuck-up :: Stuckle (n.) A number of sheaves set together in the field; a stook.

Heavy :: Heavy (a.) Having the heaves.

Stow :: Stow (v. t.) To place or arrange in a compact mass; to put in its proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack; as, to stowbags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow hay in a mow; to stow sheaves..

Heaver :: Heaver (n.) One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver..

Stool :: Stook (v. t.) To set up, as sheaves of grain, in stooks..

Binder :: Binder (n.) One who binds; as, a binder of sheaves; one whose trade is to bind; as, a binder of books..

Hayrack :: Hayrack (n.) A frame mounted on the running gear of a wagon, and used in hauling hay, straw, sheaves, etc.; -- called also hay rigging..

Shell :: Shell (n.) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.

Block :: Block (v. t.) A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion, or to exert increased force; -- used especially in the rigging of ships, and in tackles..

Breastband :: Breastband (n.) A band for the breast. Specifically: (Naut.) A band of canvas, or a rope, fastened at both ends to the rigging, to support the man who heaves the lead in sounding..

Mow :: Mow (v. t.) To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away..

Shock :: Shock (n.) A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stook..

Stooked :: Stook (n.) A small collection of sheaves set up in the field; a shock; in England, twelve sheaves..

Mow :: Mow (n.) A heap or mass of hay or of sheaves of grain stowed in a barn.

Bull''s-eye :: Bull's-eye (n.) A small circular or oval wooden block without sheaves, having a groove around it and a hole through it, used for connecting rigging..

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