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Definition of Helves
1. helve [v] - See also: helve
Lexicographical Neighbors of Helves
Literary usage of Helves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Metallurgy of Iron: By Thomas Turner... Being One of a Series of by Thomas Turner, William Chandler Roberts-Austen (1908)
"helves.— One of the simplest and most ancient forms of hammer is known as the "helve,"
... The different varieties of helves may be conveniently classified ..."
2. Statistics of the Condition and Products of Certain Branches of Industry in by Connecticut Secretary of the State, Daniel P. Tyler (1846)
"Axe and Hatchet helves, 70519 ; V. $3550; E. 3. Bark for Tanners, 217 cords ; V.
$1085 ; E. 23. Charcoal m'd, 18650 bu ; V. $1119; E. 27. ..."
3. A Manual of Mining: Based on the Course of Lectures on Mining Delivered at by Magnus Colbjørn Ihlseng (1892)
"Varieties of bits and points for different rocks; sharpening and steeling picks,
drills, etc.; making handles and helves. 74-. THE character of the rocks ..."
4. Metallurgy: The Art of Extracting Metals from Their Ores, and Adapting Them by John Percy (1864)
"... further clarified, according to the relative position of the hammer-block,
the cam ring, and the centre of oscillation, into tilt-hammers and helves. 1. ..."
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