Associations to the word «Peavy»

Wiktionary

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.

Dictionary definition

PEAVY, noun. A stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope