SHEAVING

Verb

sheaving

present participle of sheave

Anagrams

• heavings

Source: Wiktionary


SHEAVE

Sheave, n. Etym: [Akin to OD. schijve orb, disk, wheel, D. schiff, G. scheibe, Icel. skifa a shaving, slice; cf. Gr. Shift, v., Shive.]

Definition: A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley. Sheave hole, a channel cut in a mast, yard, rail, or other timber, in which to fix a sheave.

Sheave, v. t. Etym: [See Sheaf of straw.]

Definition: To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to collect. Ashmole.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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