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A forge hammer which is lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.

Same as Helvetic. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the Helvetii, the ancient inhabitant of the Alps, now Switzerland, or to the modern states and inhabitant of the Alpine regions; as, the Helvetic confederacy; Helvetic states.

To furnish with shelves; as, to shelve a closet or a library.

To remove from, or as from, a shelf.

A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc. Weale.

felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, etc. It is wielded by a wooden helve or handle, so fixed in a socket or eye as to be in the same plane with the blade. The broadax, or carpenter's ax, is an ax for hewing timber, made heavier than the chopping ax, and with a broader and thinner blade and a shor…

The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica). See Plover.

A case with shelves for holding books, esp. one with glazed doors.

A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard. Not when a gilt buffet's reflected pride Turns you from sound philosophy aside. Pope.

The black-bellied plover (Squatarola helvetica); -- called also beetlehead.

To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question. The court could not burke an inquiry, supported by such a mass of a affidavits. C. Reade.

A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers. G. Eliot.

ly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate, and consisting chiefly of open shelves for that purpose.

A small closet in a room, with shelves to receive cups, dishes, food, etc.; hence, any small closet. Cupboard love, interested love, or that which has an eye to the cupboard. "A cupboard love is seldom true." Poor Robin. [Colloq.] -- To cry cupboard, to call for food; to express hunger. [Colloq.] "My stomach cries cupb…

r hammer having a spring interposed between the driving mechanism and the hammer head, or helve, to lessen the recoil of the hammer and reduce the shock upon the mechanism.

A cupboard or set of shelves to receive dishes and cooking utensils. The pewter plates on the dresser Caught and reflected the flame, as shields of armies the sunshine. Longfellow.

o another; a lift for dishes, etc.; also, a piece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves.

A piece of furniture having a number of uninclosed shelves or stages, one above another, for receiving articles of elegance or use. Fairholt.

The frontal bone, or one of the two frontal bones, of the cranium. Frontal hammer or helve, a forge hammer lifted by a cam, acting upon a "tongue" immediately in front of the hammer head. Raymond.