1. Throw the helve after the hatchet.

2. Scroggins and Payne, Messrs, debt collectors and employers of Captain Helves, who abscond with part of their funds.

3. Ax definition, an instrument with a bladed head on a handle or helve, used for hewing, cleaving, chopping, etc

4. See synonyms for: ax / axed / axes / Axing on Thesaurus.com noun, plural ax·es [ak-siz]. an instrument with a bladed head on a handle or helve, used for hewing, cleaving, chopping, etc

5. Arms of Wrey Baronets, with quarterings and crests, as seen on mural monument in Tawstock Church, Devon, to Sir Philip Bourchier Sherard Wrey, 12th Baronet: Quarterly: 1st: Sable, a fesse between three pole-axes argent helved gules (Wrey); 2nd: Argent, a cross engrailed gules between four water-bougets sable (); 3rd: Within a bordure argent the Royal Arms of England (Plantagenet); 4th: Azure

6. An Axe (sometimes Ax in American English; see spelling differences) is an implement that has been used for millennia to shape, split and cut wood, to harvest timber, as a weapon, and as a ceremonial or heraldic symbol.The Axe has many forms and specialised uses but generally consists of an Axe head with a handle, or helve.