Lexic.us

Definition of Helve

1. Noun. The handle of a weapon or tool.

Definition of Helve

1. n. The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.

2. v. t. To furnish with a helve, as an ax.

Definition of Helve

1. Noun. The handle or haft of a tool or weapon. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Helve

1. to provide with a handle [v HELVED, HELVING, HELVES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Helve

Literary usage of Helve

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Twelve Years a Slave: Narrative of Solomon Northup, a Citizen of New-York by Solomon Northup (1855)
"ON my arrival at Master Epps', in obedience to his order, the first business upon which I entered was tho making of an axe-helve. The handles in use there' ..."

2. The Useful Metals and Their Alloys, Including Mining Ventilation, Mining by John Scoffern (1869)
"The anvil is fixed in a Elevation of Forge-hammer. massive iron block, weighing several tons, situate between the cam-ring and helve standards. ..."

3. Diderot and the Encyclopœdists by John Morley (1878)
"Ah, what claims you have, my son, to the good-will of the world."2 It lies beyond the limits of our task to enter into a discussion of helve' ..."

4. History of Civilization in England by Henry Thomas Buckle (1864)
"Atheism was openly advocated by Condorcet, by D'Alembert, by Diderot, by helve"tius, by Lalande, by Laplace, by Mirabeau, and by Saint Lambert.75 Indeed, ..."

5. Spons' Dictionary of Engineering, Civil, Mechanical, Military, and Naval by Edward Spon, Oliver Byrne (1874)
"4376 is a cross-section of harness-block, with end view of helve ; Fig. ... 4383, elevation of anvil-black, showing sectional helve supported on ..."

6. A Treatise on the Progressive Improvement & Present State of the by John Holland, Robert Hunt (1853)
"LD, IN SUSSEX. IN SWEDEN AXD >USSIA. INTRODUCTION AND SUCCESS OF PUDDLING IN ENG- LAND. THE OLD IRON FORGE. — THE METAL helve. OP all the mineral products, ..."

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