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3. To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult.

The Church of England had struggled and heaved at a reformation ever since Wyclif's days. Atterbury.

4. To make an effort to vomit; to retch; to vomit.

To heave at . (a) To make an effort at. (b) To attack, to oppose. [Obs.] Fuller . -- To heave in sight (as a ship at sea), to come in sight; to appear. -- To heave up , to vomit. [Low]

Heave <Xpage=680>

Heave , n. 1. An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy.

After many strains and heaves He got up to his saddle eaves. Hudibras.

2. An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake, and the like.

There's matter in these sighs, these profound heaves , You must translate. Shak.

None could guess whether the next heave of the earthquake would settle . . . or swallow them. Dryden.

3. (Geol.) A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.

Heaven <Xpage=680>

Heav"en (?) , n. [OE. heven , hefen , heofen , AS. heofon ; akin to OS. hevan , LG. heben , heven , Icel. hifinn ; of uncertain origin, cf. D. hemel , G. himmel , Icel. himmin , Goth. himins ; perh. akin to, or influenced by, the root of E. heave , or from a root signifying to cover , cf. Goth. gaham<?/n to put on, clothe one's self, G. hemd shirt, and perh. E. chemise .] 1. The expanse of space surrounding the earth; esp., that which seems to be over the earth like a great arch or dome; the firmament; the sky; the place where the sun, moon, and stars appear; -- often used in the plural in this sense.

I never saw the heavens so dim by day. Shak.

When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven . D. Webster.

2. The dwelling place of the Deity; the abode of bliss; the place or state of the blessed after death.

Unto the God of love, high heaven's King. Spenser.

It is a knell That summons thee to heaven or to hell. Shak.

New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven . Keble.

&hand; In this general sense heaven and its corresponding words in other languages have as various definite interpretations as there are phases of religious belief.

3. The sovereign of heaven; God; also, the assembly of the blessed, collectively; -- used variously in this sense, as in No. 2.

Her prayers, whom Heaven delights to hear. Shak.

The will And high permission of all-ruling Heaven . Milton.

4. Any place of supreme happiness or great comfort; perfect felicity; bliss; a sublime or exalted condition; as, a heaven of delight . "A heaven of beauty." Shak . "The brightest heaven of invention."

Shak.

O bed! bed! delicious bed! That heaven upon earth to the weary head! Hood.

&hand; Heaven is very often used, esp. with participles, in forming compound words, most of which need no special explanation; as, heaven -appeasing, heaven -aspiring, heaven -begot, heaven -born, heaven -bred, heaven -conducted, heaven -descended, heaven -directed, heaven -exalted, heaven -given, heaven -guided, heaven -inflicted, heaven -inspired, heaven -instructed, heaven -kissing, heaven -loved, heaven -moving, heaven -protected, heaven -taught, heaven -warring, and the like.

Heaven <Xpage=680>

Heav"en , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Heavened (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Heavening .] To place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify. [R.]

We are happy as the bird whose nest Is heavened in the hush of purple hills. G. Massey.

Heavenize <Xpage=680>

Heav"en*ize (?) , v. t. To render like heaven or fit for heaven. [R.]

Bp. Hall.

Heavenliness <Xpage=680>

Heav"en*li*ness (?) , n. [From Heavenly .] The state or quality of being heavenly.

Sir J. Davies.

Heavenly <Xpage=680>

Heav"en*ly , a. [AS. heofonic .] 1. Pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly; as, heavenly regions; heavenly music.

As is the heavenly , such are they also that are heavenly . 1 Cor. xv. 48.

2. Appropriate to heaven in character or happiness; perfect; pure; supremely blessed; as, a heavenly race; the heavenly , throng.

The love of heaven makes one heavenly . Sir P. Sidney.

Heavenly <Xpage=680>

Heav"en*ly , adv. 1. In a manner resembling that of heaven. "She was heavenly true."

Shak.

2. By the influence or agency of heaven.

Out heavenly guided soul shall climb. Milton.

Heavenlyminded <Xpage=680>

Heav"en*ly*mind`ed (?) , a. Having the thoughts and affections placed on, or suitable for, heaven and heavenly objects; devout; godly; pious. Milner . -- Heav"en*ly*mind`ed*ness , n.

Heavenward <Xpage=680>

Heav"en*ward (?) , a & adv. Toward heaven.

Heave offering <Xpage=680>

Heave" of`fer*ing (?) . (Jewish Antiq.) An offering or oblation heaved up or elevated before the altar, as the shoulder of the peace offering. See Wave offering . <-- sic!? -->

Ex. xxix. 27.

Heaver <Xpage=680>

Heav"er (?) , n. 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.

Heaves <Xpage=680>

Heaves (?) , n. A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind.

Heavily <Xpage=680>

Heav"i*ly (?) , adv. [From 2d Heavy .] 1. In a heavy manner; with great weight; as, to bear heavily on a thing; to be heavily loaded.

Heavily interested in those schemes of emigration. The Century.

2. As if burdened with a great weight; slowly and laboriously; with difficulty; hence, in a slow, difficult, or suffering manner; sorrowfully.

And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily . Ex. xiv. 25.

Why looks your grace so heavily to-day? Shak.

Heaviness <Xpage=680>

Heav"i*ness , n. The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.

Heaving <Xpage=680>

Heav"ing (?) , n. A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing.

Addison. Shak.

Heavisome <Xpage=680>

Heav"i*some (?) , a. Heavy; dull. [Prov.]

Heavy <Xpage=680>

Heav"y (?) , a. Having the heaves.

Heavy <Xpage=680>

Heav"y (?) , a. [ Compar. Heavier (?) ; superl. Heaviest .] [OE. hevi , AS. hefig , fr. hebban to lift, heave; akin to OHG. hebig , hevig , Icel. h\'94figr , h\'94fugr . See Heave .] 1. Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc. ; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier ; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught .

2. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc .

The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod. 1 Sam. v. 6.

The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make. Shak.

Sent hither to impart the heavy news. Wordsworth.

Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence. Shak.

3. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment.

The heavy [sorrowing] nobles all in council were. Chapman.

A light wife doth make a heavy husband. Shak.

4. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book.

Whilst the heavy plowman snores. Shak.

Of a heavy , dull, degenerate mind. Dryden.

Neither [is] his ear heavy , that it can not hear. Is. lix. 1.

5. Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like .

6. Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder .

But, hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more. Byron.

7. Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky.

8. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like .

9. Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread .

10. Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food.

11. Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors.

12. With child; pregnant. [R.]

Heavy artillery . (Mil.) (a) Guns of great weight or large caliber, esp. siege, garrison, and seacoast guns. (b) Troops which serve heavy guns. -- Heavy cavalry . See under Cavalry . -- Heavy fire (Mil.) , a continuous or destructive cannonading, or discharge of small arms. -- Heavy metal (Mil.) , large guns carrying balls of a large size; also, large balls for such guns. <-- a type of rock music (1970's), with a hard beat, amplified electronically --> -- Heavy metals . (Chem.) See under Metal . -- Heavy weight , in wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the heaviest of the classes into which contestants are divided. Cf. Feather weight (c) , under Feather .

&hand; Heavy is used in composition to form many words which need no special explanation; as, heavy -built, heavy -browed, heavy -gaited, etc.

Heavy <Xpage=680>

Heav"y , adv. Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as, heavy -laden .

Heavy <Xpage=680>

Heav"y , v. t. To make heavy. [Obs.]

Wyclif.

Heavy-armed <Xpage=680>

Heav"y-armed` (?) , a. (Mil.) Wearing heavy or complete armor; carrying heavy arms.

Heavy-haded <Xpage=680>

Heav"y-had"ed (?) , a. Clumsy; awkward.

Heavy-headed <Xpage=680>

Heav"y-head"ed (?) , a. Dull; stupid. "Gross heavy-headed fellows."

Beau. & Fl.

Heavy spar <Xpage=680>

Heav"y spar` (?) . (Min.) Native barium sulphate or barite, -- so called because of its high specific gravity as compared with other non-metallic minerals.

Hebdomad <Xpage=680>

Heb"do*mad (?) , n. [L. hebdomas , -adis , Gr. "ebdoma`s the number seven days, fr. <?/ seventh, <?/ seven. See Seven .] A week; a period of seven days. [R.]

Sir T. Browne.

Hebdomadal, Hebdomadary <Xpage=680>

Heb*dom"a*dal (?) , Heb*dom"a*da*ry (?) , a. [L. hebdomadalis , LL. hebdomadarius : cf. F. hebdomadaire .] Consisting of seven days, or occurring at intervals of seven days; weekly.

Hebdomadally <Xpage=680>

Heb*dom"a*dal*ly (?) , adv. In periods of seven days; weekly.

Lowell.

Hebdomadary <Xpage=680>

Heb*dom"a*da*ry (?) , n. [LL. hebdomadarius : cf. F. hebdomadier .] (R. C. Ch.) A member of a chapter or convent, whose week it is to officiate in the choir, and perform other services, which, on extraordinary occasions, are performed by the superiors.

Hebdomatical <Xpage=680>

Heb`do*mat"ic*al (?) , a. [L. hebdomaticus , Gr. <?/.] Weekly; hebdomadal. [Obs.]

Hebe <Xpage=680>

He"be (?) , n. [L., fr. Gr. "h`bh youth, "H`bh Hebe.]

1. (Class. Myth.) The goddess of youth, daughter of Jupiter and Juno. She was believed to have the power of restoring youth and beauty to those who had lost them.

2. (Zo\'94l.) An African ape; the hamadryas.

Heben <Xpage=680>

Heb"en (?) , n. Ebony. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Hebenon <Xpage=680>

Heb"e*non (?) , n. See Henbane . [Obs.]

Shak.

Hebetate <Xpage=680>

Heb"e*tate (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hebetated (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hebetating .] [L. hebetatus , p. p. of hebetare to dull. See Hebete .] To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, to hebetate the intellectual faculties .

Southey

Hebetate <Xpage=680>

Heb"e*tate (?) , a. 1. Obtuse; dull.

2. (Bot.) Having a dull or blunt and soft point.

Gray.

Hebetation <Xpage=680>

Heb`e*ta"tion (?) , n. [L. hebetatio : cf. F. h\'82b\'82tation .] 1. The act of making blunt, dull, or stupid.

2. The state of being blunted or dulled.

Hebete <Xpage=680>

He*bete" (?) , a. [L. hebes , hebetis , dull, stupid, fr. hebere to be dull.] Dull; stupid. [Obs.]

Hebetude <Xpage=680>

Heb"e*tude (?) , n. [L. hebetudo .] Dullness; stupidity.

Harvey.

Hebraic <Xpage=680>

He"bra"ic (?) , a. [L. Hebraicus , Gr. <?/: cf. F. hebra\'8bque . See Hebrew .] Of or pertaining to the Hebrews, or to the language of the Hebrews.

Hebraically <Xpage=680>

He*bra"ic*al*ly (?) , adv. After the manner of the Hebrews or of the Hebrew language.

Hebraism <Xpage=680>

He"bra*ism (?) , n. [Cf. F. h\'82bra\'8bsme .]

1. A Hebrew idiom or custom; a peculiar expression or manner of speaking in the Hebrew language.

Addison.

2. The type of character of the Hebrews.

The governing idea of Hebraism is strictness of conscience. M. Arnold.

Hebraist <Xpage=680>

He"bra*ist , n. [Cf. F. h\'82bra\'8bste .] One versed in the Hebrew language and learning.

Hebraistic <Xpage=680>

He`bra*is"tic (?) , a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the Hebrew language or idiom.

Hebraistically <Xpage=680>

He`bra*is"tic*al*ly (?) , adv. In a Hebraistic sense or form.

Which is Hebraistically used in the New Testament. Kitto.

Hebraize <Xpage=680>

He"bra*ize (?) , v. t. [Gr. <?/ to speak Hebrew: cf. F. h\'82bra\'8bser .] To convert into the Hebrew idiom; to make Hebrew or Hebraistic.

J. R. Smith.

Hebraize <Xpage=680>

He"bra*ize , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hebraized (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hebraizing .] To speak Hebrew, or to conform to the Hebrew idiom, or to Hebrew customs.

Hebrew <Xpage=680>

He"brew (?) , n. [F. H\'82breu , L. Hebraeus , Gr. <?/, fr. Heb. 'ibhr\'c6 .] 1. An appellative of Abraham or of one of his descendants, esp. in the line of Jacob; an Israelite; a Jew.

There came one that had escaped and told Abram the Hebrew . Gen. xiv. 13.

2. The language of the Hebrews; -- one of the Semitic family of languages.

Hebrew <Xpage=680>

He"brew , a. Of or pertaining to the Hebrews; as, the Hebrew language or rites .

Hebrewess <Xpage=680>

He"brew*ess , n. An Israelitish woman.

Hebrician <Xpage=680>

He*bri"cian (?) , n. A Hebraist. [R.]

Hebridean, Hebridian <Xpage=680>

He*brid"e*an (?) , He*brid"i*an (?) , a. Of or pertaining to the islands called Hebrides, west of Scotland. -- n. A native or inhabitant of the Hebrides.

Hecatomb <Xpage=680>

Hec"a*tomb (?) , n. [L. hecatombe , Gr. <?/; <?/ hundred + <?/ ox: cf. F. h\'82catombe .] (Antiq.) A sacrifice of a hundred oxen or cattle at the same time; hence, the sacrifice or slaughter of any large number of victims.

Slaughtered hecatombs around them bleed. Addison.

More than a human hecatomb . Byron.

Hecatompedon <Xpage=680>

Hec`a*tom"pe*don (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ hundred feet long, <?/ <?/ the Parthenon; <?/ hundred + <?/ foot.] (Arch.) A name given to the old Parthenon at Athens, because measuring 100 Greek feet, probably in the width across the stylobate.

Hecdecane <Xpage=680>

Hec"de*cane (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ six + <?/ ten.] (Chem.) A white, semisolid, spermaceti-like hydrocarbon, C16H34 , of the paraffin series, found dissolved as an important ingredient of kerosene, and so called because each molecule has sixteen atoms of carbon; -- called also hexadecane .

Heck <Xpage=680>

Heck (?) , n. [See Hatch a half door.] [Written also hack .] 1. The bolt or latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]

2. A rack for cattle to feed at. [Prov. Eng.]

3. A door, especially one partly of latticework; -- called also heck door . [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

4. A latticework contrivance for catching fish.

5. (Weaving) An apparatus for separating the threads of warps into sets, as they are wound upon the reel from the bobbins, in a warping machine.

6. A bend or winding of a stream. [Prov. Eng.]

Half heck , the lower half of a door. -- Heck board , the loose board at the bottom or back of a cart. -- Heck box &or; frame , that which carries the heck in warping.

Heckimal <Xpage=680>

Heck"i*mal (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) The European blue titmouse ( Parus c\'d2ruleus ). [Written also heckimel , hackeymal , hackmall , hagmall , and hickmall .]

Heckle <Xpage=680>

Hec"kle (?) , n. & v. t. Same as Hackle .

Hectare <Xpage=680>

Hec"tare` (?) , n. [F., fr. Gr. <?/ hundred + F. are an are.] A measure of area, or superficies, containing a hundred ares, or 10,000 square meters, and equivalent to 2.471 acres.

Hectic <Xpage=680>