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heaver

noun
/ˈhiːvə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From heave + -er.

  1. inherited from *kh₂pyéti✻
  2. inherited from *habjaną✻
  3. inherited from *habbjan✻
  4. inherited from hebban
  5. inherited from heven
  6. suffixed as heaver — “heave + er”

Definitions

  1. One who, or that which, heaves or lifts

    One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight.

    • a coal heaver

  2. A bar used as a lever.

    • The spar snapping under them in the slings, as they sought, with heavers, to beat down the icy sail.

The neighborhood

Derived

coalheaver

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA