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Definition of Heaver
1. Noun. A bar used as a lever (as in twisting rope).
2. Noun. A workman who heaves freight or bulk goods (especially at a dockyard).
Definition of Heaver
1. n. One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver.
Definition of Heaver
1. Noun. One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver. ¹
2. Noun. A bar used as a lever. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heaver
1. one that heaves [n -S] - See also: heaves
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heaver
Literary usage of Heaver
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1860)
"The following are the awards: Wm. heaver, Cincinnati, best 20 varieties greenhouse
plants in bloom 815 CC Converse, Zanesville, 2d do 10 Wm. heaver, ..."
2. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"... second-class fireman ; Charles Rice, coal-heaver. The zeal, patience, and
endurance of officers and men were unsurpassed, and I believe no officer could ..."
3. The Weekly Reporter by Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Great Britain Privy Council (1889)
"He then commenced the building of the four shops. heaver was constantly on the
ground, and was fully acquainted with everything that was done. ..."
4. Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New-York by John Romeyn Brodhead, Berthold Fernow, Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, New York (State). Legislature (1881)
"... on condition, that the laborers shall have for each schepel which they deliver
3 guilders in heaver, the beaver at 8 guilders ; concerning the 100 ..."
5. Selections from the Writings of Walter Savage Landor by Walter Savage Landor (1856)
"with her wing the very gates of heaver cools her breast among the grass. Th lowlier
of intellect may lay out a table i their field, at which table the ..."
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