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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Beetlehead :: Beetlehead (n.) The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica). See Plover..
Shelve :: Shelve (v. t.) To place on a shelf. Hence: To lay on the shelf; to put aside; to dismiss from service; to put off indefinitely; as, to shelve an officer; to shelve a claim..
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..
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..
Shelve :: Shelve (v. t.) To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library..
Helve :: Helve (n.) A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
Apothesis :: Apothesis (n.) A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc..
Shelving :: Shelving (n.) Material for shelves; shelves, collectively..
Bookshelves :: Bookshelves (pl. ) of Bookshel.
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..
Shelfy :: Shelfy (a.) Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows.
Bookcase :: Bookcase (n.) A case with shelves for holding books, esp. one with glazed doors..
Hanging :: Hanging (a.) Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves..
Helve :: Helve (n.) The lever at the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge hammer..
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..
Turban-top :: Turban-top (n.) A kind of fungus with an irregularly wrinkled, somewhat globular pileus (Helvella, / Gyromitra, esculenta.)..
Helve :: Helve (v. t.) To furnish with a helve, as an ax..
Niere :: niere (n.) A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers.
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..
Cupboard :: Cupboard (n.) A small closet in a room, with shelves to receive cups, dishes, food, etc.; hence, any small closet..
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