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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Hurt :: Hurt (n.) A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions..
Shelve :: Shelve (v. t.) To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library..
Shelves :: Shelves (pl. ) of Shel.
Cupboard :: Cupboard (n.) A small closet in a room, with shelves to receive cups, dishes, food, etc.; hence, any small closet..
Burke :: Burke (v. t.) To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question..
Apothesis :: Apothesis (n.) A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc..
Bookcase :: Bookcase (n.) A case with shelves for holding books, esp. one with glazed doors..
Helve :: Helve (n.) The lever at the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge hammer..
Helvetic :: Helvetic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Helvetii, the ancient inhabitant of the Alps, now Switzerland, or to the modern states and inhabitant of the Alpine regions; as, the Helvetic confederacy; Helvetic states..
Helve :: Helve (n.) The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze..
Hang :: Hang (v. i.) To fit properly, as at a proper angle (a part of an implement that is swung in using), as a scythe to its snath, or an ax to its helve..
Helve :: Helve (n.) A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
Dresser :: Dresser (v. t.) A cupboard or set of shelves to receive dishes and cooking utensils.
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..
Beetlehead :: Beetlehead (n.) The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica). See Plover..
Turban-top :: Turban-top (n.) A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat globular pileus (Helvella, / Gyromitra, esculenta.)..
Shelve :: Shelve (v. i.) To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore..
Landamman :: Landamman (n.) The president of the diet of the Helvetic republic.
Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc..
Shelved :: Shelved (imp. & p. p.) of Shelv.
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