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Webster 1913 Edition
Helve
Helve
,Noun.
[OE.
helve
, helfe
, AS. hielf
, helf
, hylf
, cf. OHG. halb
; and also E. halter
, helm
of a rudder.] 1.
The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.
2.
(Iron Working)
(a)
The lever at the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge hammer.
(b)
A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
Helve
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Helved
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Helving
.] To furnish with a helve, as an ax.
Webster 1828 Edition
Helve
HELVE
,Noun.
HELVE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
Helve
helve
helve
See also: Helve
English
Noun
helve (plural helves)
- The handle or haft of a tool or weapon.
- 1917, Robert Frost, The Ax-helve:
- It was the bad ax-helve someone had sold me— / “Made on machine,” he said, plowing the grain [...].
- 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:
- The eyelet in the rose pilleum of his glans welled a clear bead that silled under the corona, wound the veinclomb helve, and ran a snailtrack down the thrum and ridge of the underduct.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 847:
- Happily they were only sketchily armed, the group-leaders carried pistols and pick-helves.
- 1917, Robert Frost, The Ax-helve:
- A forge hammer lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
Verb
helve (third-person singular simple present helves, present participle helving, simple past and past participle helved)
- (transitive) To furnish (an axe, etc.) with a helve.
Finnish
(index he)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhe̞lʋe̞ˣ]
- Hyphenation: hel‧ve
- Rhymes: -elʋe
Noun
helve
Declension
| Inflection of helve (Kotus type 48/hame, p-v gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | helve | helpeet | |
| genitive | helpeen | helpeiden helpeitten |
|
| partitive | helvettä | helpeitä | |
| illative | helpeeseen | helpeisiin helpeihin |
|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | helve | helpeet | |
| accusative | nom. | helve | helpeet |
| gen. | helpeen | ||
| genitive | helpeen | helpeiden helpeitten |
|
| partitive | helvettä | helpeitä | |
| inessive | helpeessä | helpeissä | |
| elative | helpeestä | helpeistä | |
| illative | helpeeseen | helpeisiin helpeihin |
|
| adessive | helpeellä | helpeillä | |
| ablative | helpeeltä | helpeiltä | |
| allative | helpeelle | helpeille | |
| essive | helpeenä | helpeinä | |
| translative | helpeeksi | helpeiksi | |
| instructive | — | helpein | |
| abessive | helpeettä | helpeittä | |
| comitative | — | helpeineen | |