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Seavy vs Peavy - What's the difference?

seavy | peavy |

As an adjective seavy

is (uk|dialect) overgrown with rushes.

As a noun peavy is

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.

seavy

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (UK, dialect) overgrown with rushes
    • (Webster 1913)

    peavy

    English

    Alternative forms

    * peavey

    Noun

    (peavies)
  • 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.

    • Synonyms

    * (tool) dog hook, cant dog, cant hook, peavey hook

    See also

    * * (commonslite) English eponyms