| 单词 | helve |
| 例句 | “Can a man not come back for an axe helve without finding his house a shambles?” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z It is wielded by a wooden helve or handle, so fixed in a socket or eye as to be in the same plane with the blade. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z These journals are the centre of motion of the hammer helve e. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Just like an axehead on its helve Old Bennett sat and watched the gathering. Reynard the Fox 2011-11-20T03:00:13.153Z Fire wood was scattered about; here was an axe with a broken helve, there a rust-eaten shovel, and the whole place spoke of poverty. The Last Straw 2011-06-27T02:00:58.100Z Sunday was usually occupied in reading, singing, and doing some of the lighter work of camp, such as repairing sleds, shoeing oxen and making axe helves or visiting neighboring camps. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z The pick and shovel differ from the ordinary types in having rather shorter helves suitable for the confined space in which they are used. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z What are known as power hammers are those driven by belt and pulley; while those known as trip hammers have their helve lifted through the medium of revolving lugs or cams. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Then he deliberately heaved up his axe helve and brought down the rounded oval of the halt against the man’s head twice. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z With the fall of the blow, and the shock of it running up the helve through arms and shoulders, they were completely awake. The Boss of Wind River 2010-12-30T03:00:28.770Z There was a nick in the helve that I had put there myself. Camps and Trails 2010-12-20T17:12:16.133Z There is also a push-pick, an implement with a straight helve and a pointed shovel head 6 in. long and 3� in. wide. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z The hammer lever or helve is adjustable for height by means of the screw g and hand-wheel h, which raise or lower the bearings in which the helve journals are carried. Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II 2012-03-23T02:00:33.140Z Ben Aimes, in blissful ignorance of what that axe helve was destined to mean to him and to others, filled the order. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z Wa-sa-Kejic gave him a tap on the nose with the helve of the axe, which had the effect of stunning him. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. They were sent into the woods to cut down trees for clapboard, but their hands soon blistered under the heavy axe helves, and the pain caused them to frequently cry out in great oaths. Curious Punishments of Bygone Days The axe that flies from the helve at the first stroke, may be sharp as a grindstone can make it, but it will never cut a tree down for all that.” Hansford: A Tale of Bacon's Rebellion The hand on the axe helve shook perceptibly. Old Crow With a smack that was heard for half a block, the axe helve swung a vicious half-circle and landed over the officer’s ear. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z Thirteen of the other party were also grievously hurt by the blows of the pitmen's helves, some had limbs broken, and three lay unconscious all night. Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines It was an ax, some five feet from haft to helve; double-bladed, each blade eight inches long, curved back slightly, and two inches thick by twice as much wide. Nuala O'Malley She disposed the ax to conceal it entirely beneath her long apron, her hand under the garment grasping the helve. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek He set his dinner pail down beside him, and his hand moved a few inches along the helve of his axe. Old Crow As he staggered to the blow, the axe helve swung again and smote him over the head. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z The weeders should be armed with the best steel hoes, with factory-made helves of ash, light and slightly flexible. The Peanut Plant Its Cultivation And Uses The feel of the blow was good as the keen blade sank to the helve. Connie Morgan in the Fur Country Oh, chevalier, one must not throw the helve after the hatchet! The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental The pick sunk to its helve in the earth, now softened by the spring rain. Ruth Fielding At College or The Missing Examination Papers Shea packed his few belongings, regretfully left the historic axe helve for Mrs. Crump, then motioned his prisoner to help him lift Dorales. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z Judith took the pocket-knife from the mantel, and going to the window tossed it to her cousin Wade Turrentine, who was shaping an axe helve at the chip pile. Judith of the Cumberlands He must be stunned by a sharp blow on the nose with the helve of the ax, after which it is an easy matter to pull his heart. Connie Morgan in the Fur Country "Why, my dear abbe, how you throw the helve after the hatchet!" The Conspirators The Chevalier d'Harmental The double-edged sword rose high to parry the stroke, and the sharp weapon clove through the rotten wood helve: Time had disarmed the American again. The Ghost Breaker A Novel Based Upon the Play With a quick motion he caught up the axe helve; swiftly the foremost men flung themselves upon him, and found him facing them. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z On the morrow's morn, the leaders of the town met Osberne and his captains in council, and their rede was that they should do warily and not throw the helve after the hatchet. The Sundering Flood But their throwing the helve after the hatchet, and giving up the malt-duty because they had lost the other, was droll enough. Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume V (of 10) True he brained that officer with a coil of barbed wire on the end of a pick helve, even as the bullet entered his heart; but he was a great loss to us. No Man's Land One step and the man's fingers closed about the helve of his axe, and he whirled to meet the second onslaught. The Promise A Tale of the Great Northwest Don’t forget that there axe helve, whatever ye do! The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z The helve of the axe was stained with blood, and clung to his grasp as if his palms were glued. Despair's Last Journey And he ran out and gave Turkey Proudfoot a sharp rap with the axe helve. The Tale of Turkey Proudfoot Slumber-Town Tales The people mount it in two ways, either as an axe in line with, or as an adze at a right angle to, the helve. To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative Furthermore, the eye of the American axe is too small for the soft-wood helve usually made in the northern forest, since in many parts no wood harder than birch is to be had. The Drama of the Forests Romance and Adventure Finding that he was only a couple of blocks from the main street of the town, Shea walked toward it, the axe helve still in his hand. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z Already, the Hairy ones had learned the use of fire, and of chipped crude stone implements—mostly heavy triangular choppers to be used in the hand, without helves. Genesis A hatchet, sped by the clumsiest hand of all, missed its curving, turned, and the helve of it struck me fair in the stomach. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady And the pick helve grew so intensely cold! Bruvver Jim's Baby The hang of an axe is the way the handle or helve is fitted to the head. Outdoor Sports and Games Then, taking from the corner the axe helve, Shea passed outside the shack. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z He carried the hand-axe, fitted with a long helve, and a spear with a steel head that had been worked painfully from the receiver of a useless carbine. Genesis In the emergency he thought of the axes, and taking them from his neck, cut the cord, and thrust his walking-stick into one as a helve, resolved to defend himself to the last. Our Boys Entertaining Stories by Popular Authors You may take my word— 'tis first throwin' away the helve and then the hatchet. Nicky-Nan, Reservist That were indeed to throw the helve after the hatchet. Sir John Constantine Memoirs of His Adventures At Home and Abroad and Particularly in the Island of Corsica: Beginning with the Year 1756 An instant later the axe helve broke the man’s arm. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z It was the short hatchet on the thwart and he had seized it by the helve, well up toward the top. The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island Although they found it impossible to approach the still blazing ruins of the main camp, they discovered among the smouldering, charred timbers of Holcomb's cabin the blade of a double-bitted axe, its helve burned off. The Lady of Big Shanty One man, who was rubbed with something blue, and appeared to be a chief, had a small axe in his hand; which was known, from the red helve, to have belonged to Mr. Shaw. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 Fasces, a bundle of rods bound round the helve of an axe, and borne by the lictors before the Roman magistrates in symbol of their authority at once to scourge and decapitate. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge He stated to the mechanic that he might be here for several days; at this juncture, it occurred to him that he had forgotten that axe helve which Mrs. Crump had demanded especially. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z When the use of iron extended and larger ironwork came to be forged, for cannon, tools, and machinery, the ordinary hand-hammer was found insufficient, and the helve or forge-hammer was invented. Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers As for the axe, I was advised to get the village blacksmith to "jump" it; but I jumped him, and, putting a hickory helve from the woods into it, made it do. Walden He pointed across the road and said, that he came down with him and stopped there to get an ax helve. The Bark Covered House We know already how to handle the helve of an axe, and fight with it. The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy Swifter than his hand was the axe helve. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z Tawabinisáy then burned out the wood from the axe, retempered the steel, set the new helve, and wedged it neatly with ironwood wedges. The Forest So he made two extra helves and had a dozen cornel-wood pegs ready to drive out the bit of broken handle next time I broke it; as I did, according to his laughing forecast. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire From their appearance they must have been held in the hand using the arm for a helve. The Bark Covered House In the right hand they carried broad, huge, terrible axes, set in oaken, blackened helves, longer than the arm of a grown man. The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy Also subconsciously, he knew that he must hang on to his axe helve or Mrs. Crump would be much disappointed in him. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z By the time we had cooked dinner that Indian had fashioned another helve. The Forest He took it down as if it were a toy, and sunk it to the helve in the gate post, carving on the handle the words, 'To him who can draw it.' The Magician's Show Box and Other Stories Grey-blue leaf by red-heat grown! helve produced from a little seed sown! Poems By Walt Whitman She was not as large as the helve of an axe when I went away. The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy He rose and saw his axe helve lying where he had lain that night. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z I abandon myself through despair, and let myself go towards the precipice, and as the saying is, throw the helve after the hatchet.' The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded She answered him, At your service, dear helve. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 I see the blood washed entirely away from the axe; Both blade and helve are clean; They spirt no more the blood of European nobles—they clasp no more the necks of queens. Poems By Walt Whitman Throwing the hatchet after the helve! selling his soul and never getting the price of it! Hereward, the Last of the English For response, Shea heaved up the axe helve and struck the nearer man senseless. The Mesa Trail 2011-01-27T03:00:37.207Z When he paused, from no more left to do, he held out the implement straight, forming one line with his extended arm, and not a nerve quivered any more than the helve or the blade. The Lincoln Story Book A Judicious Collection of the Best Stories and Anecdotes of the Great President, Many Appearing Here for the First Time in Book Form Presently two great miracles were seen: up springs the hatchet from the bottom of the water, and fixes itself to its old acquaintance the helve. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 For a week I left my helve standing there in the corner. Adventures in Contentment How he charged me to take care of you; to send him news from you!—Sir, it is a right poor idea you have, that throwing the helve after the hatchet. International Short Stories: French Then, placing upright on the cork the helve of the hammer, he drove the cork down a quarter of an inch farther. The Magnetic North May the wedged helve be faithful to the axe, The arrow fail not, and the flint be firm! Tecumseh : a Drama See that the handle or "helve" is perfectly straight and true in line with the head and the edge. Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns When the eye of the axe was sufficiently expanded by the heat I drew it quickly from the fire and drove home the helve which I had already whittled down to the exact size. Adventures in Contentment From the inner side projected a flat, thick shank, by which the blade was fastened to the helve. The Unwilling Vestal But we don’t throw the helve after the hatchet, my lad! A Modern Telemachus By experiment he learned just when to slide the guiding hand down the helve; and so gained accuracy. The Blazed Trail To do this look along the helve with the edge of the head turned upwards. Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns Having come somewhat painfully by that helve, I really wanted to see it in use. Adventures in Contentment So I used the helve of an entrenching-tool and the stalks of the willow undergrowth. At Suvla Bay Being the notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adventures of the Dardanelles campaign, made by John Hargrave ("White Fox") while serving with the 32nd field ambulance, X division, Mediterranean expeditionary force, during the great war. He at least must follow, and keep watch over his young cousin, or it would be a mere throwing the helve after the hatchet—a betrayal of his trust. The Caged Lion Only he won't be convinced till it comes to the helve. Robert Falconer Then, such capital as he had having been borrowed, the lender, either out of good nature or avarice, determined to throw the helve after the hatchet. The Human Comedy: Introductions and Appendix "Well, David," she said, "I warned you that you could buy a helve cheaper than you could make it." Adventures in Contentment I was consumed with vanity; but I set the new helve in the corner with the appearance of utter unconcern. Adventures in Contentment This feeling was also partly prompted by the thought of the new helve I already had in store, awaiting just such a catastrophe. Adventures in Contentment Weeks passed when I did not touch the helve but left it standing quietly in the corner. Adventures in Contentment I even thought of getting up in the night and putting the helve on the coals—secretly. Adventures in Contentment So with care and an indescribable affection, I added the final touches, trimming the helve until it exactly fitted my hand. Adventures in Contentment The handle broke short off at the point where the helve meets the steel. Adventures in Contentment Then I borrowed a red flannel cloth of Harriet and having added a few drops—not too much—of boiled oil, I rubbed the helve for all I was worth. Adventures in Contentment Presently he saw the helve, picked it up at once and turned it over in his hands. Adventures in Contentment Being right-handed, your helve must bow out—so. Adventures in Contentment |
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