Definition of heave

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Heave (v. t.) To throw; to cast; -- obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log..

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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.
Log :: Log (n.) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
Assumption :: Assumption (n.) A festival in honor of the ascent of the Virgin Mary into heaven.
Cycle :: Cycle (n.) An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.
Empyrean :: Empyrean (n.) The highest heaven, where the pure element of fire was supposed by the ancients to subsist..
Upheaval :: Upheaval (n.) The act of upheaving, or the state of being upheaved; esp., an elevation of a portion of the earth's crust..
Orb :: Orb (n.) A period of time marked off by the revolution of a heavenly body.
Sheaved :: Sheaved (a.) Made of straw.
Heaven :: Heaven (n.) The dwelling place of the Deity; the abode of bliss; the place or state of the blessed after death.
Galaxy :: Galaxy (n.) The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope. The term has recently been used for remote clusters of stars..
Mansion :: Mansion (n.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st House, 8..
Forestaff :: Forestaff (n.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross-staff..
Above :: Above (adv.) In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above..
Hoven :: Hoven () p. p. of Heave.
Sheaf :: Sheaf (v. i.) To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves..
Jacob :: "Jacob (n.) A Hebrew patriarch (son of Isaac, and ancestor of the Jews), who in a vision saw a ladder reaching up to heaven (Gen. xxviii. 12); -- also called Israel..
Blessedness :: Blessedness (n.) The state of being blessed; happiness; felicity; bliss; heavenly joys; the favor of God.
Astrography :: Astrography (n.) The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.
Southing :: Southing (n.) The time at which the moon, or other heavenly body, passes the meridian of a place..
Blessed :: Blessed (a.) Enjoying, or pertaining to, spiritual happiness, or heavenly felicity; as, the blessed in heaven..
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