Definition of Heve
Helve (?), n. [OE. helve,
helfe, AS. hielf, helf, hylf, cf. OHG.
halb; and also E. halter, helm of a rudder.]
1. The handle of an ax, hatchet, or
adze.
2. (Iron Working) (a)
The lever at the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge
hammer. (b) A forge hammer which is lifted
by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the
head.
Helve, v. t. [imp. & p.
p. Helved (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Helving.] To furnish with a helve, as an ax.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- the handle or haft of a tool or weapon
*1974: The eyelet in the rose pilleum of his glans welled a clear bead that silled under the corona, wound the veinclomb helve, and ran a snailtrack down the thrum and ridge of the underduct. — Guy Davenport, Tatlin!
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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