heaver

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Heaver \Heav"er\ (h[=e]v"[~e]r), n.
   1. One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer
      employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver.
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   2. (Naut.) A bar used as a lever. --Totten.
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