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The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.

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  1. n. The handle of an ax, hatchet, or adze.
  2. n. The lever at the end of which is the hammer head, in a forge hammer.
  3. n. A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
  4. v. t. To furnish with a helve, as an ax.
  5. n. the handle of a weapon or tool
  6. 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. To furnish with a helve, as an ax.
  7. n the handle of a weapon or tool