helve
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Through centuries of trial & error many of man's simplest tools ?the ax helve, the plowshare, the ox yoke ?had achieved a utilitarian perfection of design.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Can a man not come back for an axe helve without finding his house a shambles?”
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
Added to the joke was the story of Thady Shea and the axe helve, which travelled fast and far.
From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.
What are known as power hammers are those driven by belt and pulley; while those known as trip hammers have their helve lifted through the medium of revolving lugs or cams.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
Finding that he was only a couple of blocks from the main street of the town, Shea walked toward it, the axe helve still in his hand.
From The Mesa Trail by Bedford-Jones, H.
They cut and shaved axe-handles and helved them.
From The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure by Heming, Arthur Henry Howard
The father and Da'Be took their stand face to face on either side of a tree, and their axes, helved with birch, began to swing in rhythm.
From Maria Chapdelaine by Blake, W. H.
Carpenter and others at work on shallop, getting out stock for a new shallop, helving tools, making articles needed, etc.
From The Mayflower and Her Log; July 15, 1620-May 6, 1621 — Complete by Ames, Azel
