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
The superiority of this hoe—usually called the "goose-neck hoe" in Virginia—over the old style of weeding hoe, with the heavy and stiff home-made helve, cannot be estimated, except by those who have tried both.
From The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses by B. W. Jones
The ancient battleÐax had sometimes a double edge. µ The word is used adjectively or in combination; as, axhead or ax head; ax helve; ax handle; ax shaft; axÐshaped; axlike.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Noah Webster
The hand on the axe helve shook perceptibly.
From Old Crow by Alice Brown
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 W. H. Blake
They cut and shaved axe-handles and helved them.
From The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure by Arthur Henry Howard Heming
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 Azel Ames
