peavy
Americannoun
PLURAL
peaviesExample Sentences
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The peavy bit into the ice, and the scooter rocked out from the wharf.
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Grind your axes, O my heroes, Point your peavies, file your saws; Let your ropes and chains and cables Be examined now for flaws.
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A landing is built of cribwork and the logs are simply rolled on the truck with peavies or cant hooks, or a parbuckle system with skids and horses is used.
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It seemed he could use a peavy, or canthook, pretty well, having done something besides sailing in his day.
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The “peavy” is the Maine name for a slightly different variety of “cant-dog,” which takes its title from its maker in Old Town.
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