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/ʃiːv/ · noun
A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or similar; the wheel of a pulley..
To an exceptional degree the duties on these inclines have been passed on from father to son; many a boy has begun his working life in oiling the sheaves and, after passing through every grade, has reached the age of retirement in the responsible position of brakesman.
From him did forty million serfs (...) receive Rich freeborn lifelong land, whereon to sheave Their country's harvest.
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Sheave means A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or similar; the wheel of a pulley..
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To an exceptional degree the duties on these inclines have been passed on from father to son; many a boy has begun his working life in oiling the sheaves and, after passing through every grade, has reached the age of retirement in the responsible position of brakesman.
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