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noun
One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A bar used as a lever.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
a bar used as a lever (as in twisting rope)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: bar
noun
a workman who heaves freight or bulk goods (especially at a dockyard)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: workman, workingman, working man, working person
History
Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Germanic *habjaną Proto-West Germanic *habbjan Old English hebban Middle English heven English heave Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English heaver From heave + -er.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
