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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Unshelve :: Unshelve (v. t.) To remove from, or as from, a shelf..
Dumb-waiter :: Dumb-waiter (n.) A framework on which dishes, food, etc., are passed from one room or story of a house to another; a lift for dishes, etc.; also, a piece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves..
Shelving :: Shelving (n.) The act of fitting up shelves; as, the job of shelving a closet..
Shelves :: Shelves (pl. ) of Shel.
Helved :: Helved (imp. & p. p.) of Helv.
Bookshelves :: Bookshelves (pl. ) of Bookshel.
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..
Whatnot :: Whatnot (n.) A kind of stand, or piece of furniture, having shelves for books, ornaments, etc.; an etagere..
Shelve :: Shelve (v. i.) To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore..
Apothesis :: Apothesis (n.) A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc..
Turban-top :: Turban-top (n.) A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat globular pileus (Helvella, / Gyromitra, esculenta.)..
Credence :: Credence (n.) A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate, and consisting chiefly of open shelves for that purpose..
Helm :: Helm (n.) A helve.
Helve :: Helve (n.) The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze..
Hanging :: Hanging (a.) Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves..
Buffet :: Buffet (n.) A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard..
Beetlehead :: Beetlehead (n.) The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica). See Plover..
Shelve :: Shelve (v. t.) To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library..
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..
Helvetian :: Helvetian (n.) A Swiss; a Switzer.
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