Definition of helve

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Helve (v. t.) To furnish with a helve, as an ax..

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Bullhead :: Bullhead (n.) The black-bellied plover (Squatarola helvetica); -- called also beetlehead.
Bookshelves :: Bookshelves (pl. ) of Bookshel.
Helved :: Helved (imp. & p. p.) of Helv.
Shaft :: Shaft (n.) The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc..
Apothesis :: Apothesis (n.) A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc..
Helvetian :: Helvetian (n.) A Swiss; a Switzer.
Whatnot :: Whatnot (n.) A kind of stand, or piece of furniture, having shelves for books, ornaments, etc.; an etagere..
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..
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..
Cupboard :: Cupboard (n.) A small closet in a room, with shelves to receive cups, dishes, food, etc.; hence, any small closet..
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..
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.
Unshelve :: Unshelve (v. t.) To remove from, or as from, a shelf..
Helm :: Helm (n.) A helve.
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..
Shelve :: Shelve (v. i.) To incline gradually; to be slopping; as, the bottom shelves from the shore..
Bookcase :: Bookcase (n.) A case with shelves for holding books, esp. one with glazed doors..
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