Definition of helve

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Helve (n.) A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.

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Shelves :: Shelves (pl. ) of Shel.
Helm :: Helm (n.) A helve.
Cupboard :: Cupboard (n.) A small closet in a room, with shelves to receive cups, dishes, food, etc.; hence, any small closet..
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..
Shelfy :: Shelfy (a.) Abounding in shelves; full of dangerous shallows.
Burke :: Burke (v. t.) To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question..
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..
Whatnot :: Whatnot (n.) A kind of stand, or piece of furniture, having shelves for books, ornaments, etc.; an etagere..
Shelved :: Shelved (imp. & p. p.) of Shelv.
Bullhead :: Bullhead (n.) The black-bellied plover (Squatarola helvetica); -- called also beetlehead.
Shelving :: Shelving (n.) The act of fitting up shelves; as, the job of shelving a closet..
Hanging :: Hanging (a.) Suspended from above; pendent; as, hanging shelves..
Helvetian :: Helvetian (n.) A Swiss; a Switzer.
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..
Helved :: Helved (imp. & p. p.) of Helv.
Helve :: Helve (n.) The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze..
Helvetian :: Helvetian (a.) Same as Helvetic.
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..
Niere :: niere (n.) A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers.
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..
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