peavy
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An opening was made in the piles, and the rivermen, with pike-pole and peavy, began cautiously to dig their way through the tangled timbers.
From The Riverman by Stewart Edward White
Of course he had nerve, and could do anything with a log and a peavy, and would fight at the drop of a hat—any "bully boy" would qualify there—but also he had judgment.
From Blazed Trail Stories and Stories of the Wild Life by Stewart Edward White
There he stood on some prominent point, leaning his chin contemplatively against the thick shaft of his peavy, watching the endless procession of the logs drifting by.
From The Riverman by Stewart Edward White
We want a peavy or two—them’s the best tools,” said one of the men.
From Carolyn of the Corners by Ruth Belmore Endicott
As man shouted to man, each shouldered his peavy and came running ashore, eager question on his lips.
From The Riverman by Stewart Edward White
They used peavies to roll logs into a compact pile and bound the chain around them.
From The Lost Wagon by James Arthur Kjelgaard
Grind your axes, O my heroes, Point your peavies, file your saws; Let your ropes and chains and cables Be examined now for flaws.
From By Trench and Trail in Song and Story by Angus MacKay
There as many as could find room on either side the boom-poles clamped in their peavies, and, using these implements as handles, carried the booms some distance back into the woods.
From The Riverman by Stewart Edward White
Their peavies clanked regularly, and the logs twirled out of their resting places and trundled into the stream.
From The Boss of Wind River by A. M. (Arthur Murray) Chisholm
First of all, the entire crew set itself, by means of its peavies, to rolling the lower logs into the current, where they were rapidly borne away.
From The Riverman by Stewart Edward White
