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peavey

American  
[pee-vee] / ˈpi vi /

noun

PLURAL

peaveys

  1. a cant hook with a sharply pointed end, used in handling logs.

peavey British  
/ ˈpiːvɪ /

noun

  1. a wooden lever with a metal pointed end and a hinged hook, used for handling logs Compare cant hook

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Etymology

Origin of peavey

1865–70, named after Joseph Peavey, its inventor

Example Sentences

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He rolled them over with a peavey and pounded them with the flat face of a splitting maul, testing for the ringing tone that indicated soundness.

From Literature

A dozen axes and peaveys had been pulled out of a barrel and thrown on the floor, to see if perchance they had hidden anything good to eat.

From Project Gutenberg

Once its balance was passed, the sawyer struck the grappling chains loose with his peavey, and, with a rattle, they fell clear, while the prostrate giant lumbered ponderously into the mill.

From Project Gutenberg

Not an axe, peavey or cant-hook was touched; not a team was hitched up.

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But the peavey’s attenuated brother, the pike-pole, was a worker of miracles in the hands of his master, the driver.

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