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A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.

A pile or assemblage of sheaves of grain, as wheat, rye, or the like, set up in a field, the sheaves varying in number from twelve to sixteen; a stook. And cause it on shocks to be by and by set. Tusser. Behind the master walks, builds up the shocks. Thomson.

e fluke to give it a better hold in soft ground. -- Shoe block (Naut.), a block with two sheaves, one above the other, and at right angles to each other. -- Shoe bolt, a bolt with a flaring head, for fastening shoes on sleigh runners. -- Shoe pac, a kind of moccasin. See Pac. -- Shoe stone, a sharpening stone used…

sed adjectively; as, sister fruits. Pope. Sister Block (Naut.), a tackle block having two sheaves, one above the other. -- Sister hooks, a pair of hooks fitted together, the shank of one forming a mousing for the other; -- called also match hook. -- Sister of charity, Sister of mercy. (R. C. Ch.) See under Charity, a…

A small collection of sheaves set up in the field; a shock; in England, twelve sheaves.

to pack; as, to stowbags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow hay in a mow; to stow sheaves. Some stow their oars, or stop the leaky sides. Dryden.

A number of sheaves set together in the field; a stook.

the past participle. The smell of grain or tedded grass. Milton. The tedded hay and corn sheaved in one field. Coleridge.

Twenty-four (in some places, twelve) sheaves of wheat; a shock, or stook. [Prov. Eng.]

serving, instead of spokes, for connecting the rim and hub, in some kinds of car wheels, sheaves, etc.

Sheaves of grain set up in a row, one against another, that the wind may blow between them. [Eng.]

erican shrub (Viburnum nudum) whose tough osierlike shoots are sometimes used for binding sheaves.