# peavy

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #77,077

## Definitions
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.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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