SHEAVE
\ʃˈiːv], \ʃˈiːv], \ʃ_ˈiː_v]\
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A grooved wheel in a block, mast, yard, etc., on which a rope works: the wheel of a pulley: a shiver: a sliding scutcheon for covering a keyhole.
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To bring together into sheaves: to collect into a sheaf or into sheaves.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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