peavey, peavy, cant dog, dog hook
(noun) a stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
After Joseph Peavey, a blacksmith from Maine in the United States of America.
peavy (plural peavies)
A tool used to manipulate logs, having a thick wooden handle, a steel point, and a curved hooked arm. Similar to a cant-hook, but shorter and stouter, and with a pointed end.
• (tool): dog hook, cant dog, cant hook, peavey hook
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Peavy (plural Peavys)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Peavy is the 6726th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5016 individuals. Peavy is most common among White (64.83%) and Black/African American (30.0%) individuals.
• Pavey
Source: Wiktionary
Pea"vey Pea"vy, n. [Said to be from the inventor's name.] (Lumbering)
Definition: A cant hook having the end of its lever armed with a spike.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
