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Definition: Sheave
Sheave
\Sheave\, n. [Akin to OD. schijve orb, disk, wheel, D.
schiff, G. scheibe, Icel. sk[=i]fa a shaving, slice; cf. Gr.
??? a staff. Cf.
Shift, v.,
Shive.]
A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and
set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley.
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Sheave hole, a channel cut in a mast, yard, rail, or other
timber, in which to fix a sheave.
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Sheave
\Sheave\, v. t. [See
Sheaf of straw.]
To gather and bind into a sheaf or sheaves; hence, to
collect. --Ashmole.
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