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

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne