(architecture, transitive) To join two pieces of timber etc. by cutting away each for half its thickness at the joining place, and fitting together.
(golf, transitive) In match play, to achieve a tie or draw on.
(transitive) To divide into two halves.
(transitive) To make up half of.
(transitive) To reduce to half the original amount.
havel
havel
Proper noun
A river in Germany.
helve
helve
noun
A forge hammer lifted by a cam acting on the helve between the fulcrum and the head.
The handle or haft of a tool or weapon.
verb
(transitive) To furnish (an axe, etc.) with a helve.
hovel
hovel
noun
A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut.
An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather.
In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped.
verb
(transitive) To construct a chimney so as to prevent smoking, by making two of the more exposed walls higher than the others, or making an opening on one side near the top.