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peavy

peavy noun: a tool used to manipulate logs, having a thick wooden handle, a steel point, and a curved hooked arm. Similar to a cant-hook, but shorter and stouter, and with a pointed end.

peavy: a tool used to manipulate logs, having a thick wooden handle, a steel point, and a curved hooked...
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Noun

peavy (plural peavies)

  1. A tool used to manipulate logs, having a thick wooden handle, a steel point, and a curved hooked arm. Similar to a cant-hook, but shorter and stouter, and with a pointed end.
    Synonyms:
    dog hook, cant-dog, cant hook, peavey hook

Proper noun capitalized: Peavy

Peavy (plural Peavys)

  1. A surname.

Synonyms of peavy

Forms of peavy

Noun
pluralpeavies
alternative formpeavee
alternative formpeavey
alternative formpeevee
Proper noun
pluralPeavys

Origin of peavy

After Joseph Peavey, a blacksmith from Maine in the United States of America.

Questions about peavy

What does peavy mean?
Peavy means a tool used to manipulate logs, having a thick wooden handle, a steel point, and a curved hooked arm. Similar to a cant-hook, but shorter and stouter, and with a pointed end.
What part of speech is peavy?
Peavy can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of peavy?
The plural of peavy is peavies.

Words near peavy in the dictionary

  1. peavey
  2. peaveys
  3. peavies
  4. Peavler
  5. Peavlers
  6. peavy
  7. Peavys
  8. Peay
  9. Peays
  10. peb
  11. peba

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