heaver

English

Etymology

heave +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈhiːvə(ɹ)/
    • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːvə(ɹ)

Noun

heaver (plural heavers)

  1. 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." (Herman Melville, Benito Cereno, 1856)

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