Helve

[helv]

(n.) The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.

(n.) The lever at the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge hammer.

(n.) A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.

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

Checked by Jerome

n. Handle (of an axe or a hatchet).

Editor: Upton

n. the handle of an axe or hatchet: the handle of a forehammer.—v.t. to furnish with a handle as an axe.—n. Helve′-hamm′er a trip-hammer.

Typed by Gwendolyn