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Meaning of HEAVER

Pronunciation:  'heevur

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a bar used as a lever (as in twisting rope)
  2. [n]  a workman who heaves freight or bulk goods (especially at a dockyard)
 

HEAVER is a 6 letter word that starts with H.

 

 See Also: bar, working man, working person, workman

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Heav"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer
   employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver.

2. (Naut.) A bar used as a lever. --Totten.

 

 

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