Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. An implement consisting of a wooden shaft with a metal point and a hinged hook near the end, used to handle logs.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A lumberman's cant-hook having a strong spike at the end.
- n. A stout lever from 5 to 7 feet long, fitted at the larger end with a metal socket and pike, and a curved steel hook which works on a bolt: used in handling logs, especially in driving. A peavey differs from a cant-hook in having a pike instead of a toe-ring and lip at the end.
Wiktionary
- n. alternative spelling of peavy.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Lumbering) A cant hook having the end of its lever armed with a spike; it is used for handling logs.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs
Etymologies
- After Joseph Peavey (fl. 1875), American inventor. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Ben stared at him, too surprised to speak, but the moment the word peavey passed Crowley's lips, Ben knew he'd identified the weapon.”
“From what I gather, your peavey is a solid state combo amp.”
“He set the peavey aside and considered what to do next.”
“Thirty years after its invention, the peavey was used by woodsmen everywhere to push over trees, break logjams, roll logs, pry up rocks, tighten chains, and apparently, make large holes in the backs of unknown victims.”
“Looks to me like he was done in with his own peavey," Crowley said.”
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“On the other side of the forge, Yarrl works on replacing the curved claw side of a peavey for a holder.”
“She balanced herself on the rushing log with the help of the peavey.”
Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies
“She had picked up a peavey one of the timbermen had left on this bank and was using is as a staff as she watched the "freshet" start.”
Ruth Fielding in the Great Northwest Or, The Indian Girl Star of the Movies
“He'd brain ye with a peavey if you give him any back talk.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘peavey’.
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Interesting words
A list of words that are odd or words that I have looked up.
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pabouche, pabulous, pabulum, pacable, pace, pachydermia, pachyglossal, pachymeter, pachynsis, paciferous, pacificate, pactolian and 1766 more...
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Hooks
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Carlos' Words
monstropolous, absquatulate
triffid, calque, pinguid, refulgent, monstropolous, Seanchaí, clinquant, Chryselephantine ..., peavey, milium, swage, Burtillon, Burtil... and 263 more...
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Rabindranath Not Included
i can't never forget thiccyn's!
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Way out in the woods
Foresters and loggers have a language all their own.
cruise, landing, chain, peavey, skidder, prescribed burn, shelterwood, clearcut, plantation, silviculture, thinning, weed species and 12 more...
Tweets
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bilby PV Jun 2, 2011
frogapplause It's hard to visualize these tools without photos. Jun 2, 2011
hernesheir A peavey is as different from a pulaski as water is from fire. One wonders if the former tool was named after a person, as the latter was. Jun 2, 2011
frogapplause A lumberman's cant-hook having a strong spike at the end.
A stout lever from 5 to 7 feet long, fitted at the larger end with a metal socket and pike, and a curved steel hook which works on a bolt: used in handling logs, especially in driving. A peavey differs from a cant-hook in having a pike instead of a toe-ring and lip at the end. Jun 2, 2011