helve
- noun
- /ˈhɛlv/
- Archaic
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- I grasped the helve just below the head almost by reflex and found myself at once in the struggle.
- helve of the axe
If you weren't in, if you didn't have a gun, you'd have a a pickaxe Helve or a or a baseball bat.
- If you weren't in, if you didn't have a gun, you'd have a a pickaxe Helve or a or a baseball bat.
Examples
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If you weren't in, if you didn't have a gun, you'd have a a pickaxe Helve or a or a baseball bat.
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I had noticed their suitcases on the racks, each one with a strap around it and each with an axe-helve under the strap.
Fiction book (1995) -
He flailed at it and finally broke through into the water below, the head of the axe sunken helve-deep out of sight and suddenly heavy, and he pulled it out and chopped again.
Fiction book (1998) -
I think this would be an epic way to go about it as opposed to simply saying, "Okay Alliance, you now have Helves; they start in the human starting area," and making them another orphan race. As Blizzard has now shown that it's possible to have a neutral race from technical, gameplay, and lore standpoints, it certainly seems as if they could take it this way if they so desired.
Blog text (14) -
My father sighed and ran his right hand down the shiny ax helve.
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She narrowed her eyes and clenched the axe's helve.
Synonyms
211
1.0
The part of an object you hold to carry or use it
24
7.5
The handle of a sword or dagger that you hold
3
2.5
A wooden or metal stick you hold to use an ax
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8.4
A handle on a tool like a knife or an axe
Surface Forms
Etymology
Helve is an old English word that simply means 'handle' — the part you hold on a tool or weapon, like the handle of an axe or the hilt of a sword. So the helve of an axe is the part you grip to use it.