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sheave |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sheave \Sheave\, n. [Akin to OD schijve orb, disk, wheel, D. schiff, G. scheibe Icel. sk[=i]fa a shaving, slice; cf Gr ??? a staff. Cf {Shift}, v., {Shive}.] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sheave \Sheave\, v. t. [See {Sheaf} of straw.] To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence to collect. --Ashmole.
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