Definition of heave

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Heave (v. t.) To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land..

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Empyrean :: Empyrean (n.) The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist..
Low :: Low (adv.) In a path near the equator, so that the declination is small, or near the horizon, so that the altitude is small; -- said of the heavenly bodies with reference to the diurnal revolution; as, the moon runs low, that is, is comparatively near the horizon when on or near the meridian..
Sheaf :: Sheaf (n.) A sheave.
Prelibation :: Prelibation (n.) A tasting beforehand, or by anticipation; a foretaste; as, a prelibation of heavenly bliss..
Stow :: Stow (v. t.) To place or arrange in a compact mass; to put in its proper place, or in a suitable place; to pack; as, to stowbags, bales, or casks in a ship's hold; to stow hay in a mow; to stow sheaves..
Horoscope :: Horoscope (n.) The diagram or scheme of twelve houses or signs of the zodiac, into which the whole circuit of the heavens was divided for the purposes of such prediction of fortune..
Keck :: Keck (v. i.) To heave or to retch, as in an effort to vomit..
Longitude :: Longitude (n.) The distance in degrees, reckoned from the vernal equinox, on the ecliptic, to a circle at right angles to the ecliptic passing through the heavenly body whose longitude is designated; as, the longitude of Capella is 79¡..
Above :: Above (adv.) In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above..
Assumption :: Assumption (n.) A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
Eccentricity :: Eccentricity (n.) The ratio of the distance of the center of the orbit of a heavenly body from the center of the body round which it revolves to the semi-transverse axis of the orbit.
Mow :: Mow (v. t.) To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away..
Region :: Region (n.) One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or surface, as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided; hence, in general, a portion of space or territory of indefinite extent; country; province; district; tract..
Forestaff :: Forestaff (n.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross-staff..
Beneath :: Beneath (adv.) Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or position; as, in earth beneath..
Saint :: Saint (n.) One of the blessed in heaven.
Shiver :: Shiver (n.) A sheave or small wheel in a pulley.
Telescope :: Telescope (n.) An optical instrument used in viewing distant objects, as the heavenly bodies..
High :: High (n.) An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
Orb :: Orb (n.) One of the azure transparent spheres conceived by the ancients to be inclosed one within another, and to carry the heavenly bodies in their revolutions..
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