peavy

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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.

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dog hookcant-dogcant hookpeavey hookpeaveycant dog
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Meanings

peavy1

nounpeavy (plural peavies)

plural peavies · alternative peavee · alternative peavey · alternative peevee

  1. 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.

    Synonyms: dog hook, cant-dog, cant hook, peavey hook

Peavy2

proper nounPeavy (plural Peavys)

plural Peavys

  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA 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.

Similar
dog hookcant-dogcant hookpeavey hook

More synonyms by meaning

nouna stout lever with a sharp spike; used for handling logs

Similar
peaveycant dogdog hook
Broader
lever
Also see
cant dogdog hookpeavey

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

After Joseph Peavey, a blacksmith from Maine in the United States of America.

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Translations

French tourne-billes
  • tourne-billestool used to manipulate logs

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Pavey
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APA

peavy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peavy

MLA

“peavy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peavy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peavy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peavy.

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