heaver Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a bar used as a lever (as in twisting rope)
  2. noun a workman who heaves freight or bulk goods (especially at a dockyard)

WordNet


Heav"er noun
Definitions
  1. One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver.
  2. (Naut.) A bar used as a lever. Totten.

Webster 1913