Definition of heave

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Heave (v. i.) To make an effort to raise, throw, or move anything; to strain to do something difficult..

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Theave :: Theave (n.) A ewe lamb of the first year; also, a sheep three years old..
Quadrature :: Quadrature (a.) The position of one heavenly body in respect to another when distant from it 90ยก, or a quarter of a circle, as the moon when at an equal distance from the points of conjunction and opposition..
Heavenly :: Heavenly (a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly; as, heavenly regions; heavenly music..
Point :: Point (n.) A fixed conventional place for reference, or zero of reckoning, in the heavens, usually the intersection of two or more great circles of the sphere, and named specifically in each case according to the position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points, etc. See Equinoctial Nodal..
Sun :: Sun (n.) Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of orbs.
Tour :: Tour (v. t.) A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly bodies..
Sheaf :: Sheaf (v. i.) To collect and bind cut grain, or the like; to make sheaves..
Heave :: Heave (n.) A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode..
Withe-rod :: Withe-rod (n.) A North American shrub (Viburnum nudum) whose tough osierlike shoots are sometimes used for binding sheaves.
Sheafy :: Sheafy (a.) Pertaining to, or consisting of, a sheaf or sheaves; resembling a sheaf..
Celestial :: Celestial (n.) An inhabitant of heaven.
Sabian :: Sabian (a.) Relating to the religion of Saba, or to the worship of the heavenly bodies..
Uranoscopy :: Uranoscopy (n.) Observation of the heavens or heavenly bodies.
Southing :: Southing (n.) The time at which the moon, or other heavenly body, passes the meridian of a place..
Stool :: Stook (v. t.) To set up, as sheaves of grain, in stooks..
Above :: Above (adv.) In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above..
Ephemeris :: Ephemeris (n.) A publication giving the computed places of the heavenly bodies for each day of the year, with other numerical data, for the use of the astronomer and navigator; an astronomical almanac; as, the American Ephemeris and Nautical Almanac..
Almacantar :: Almacantar (n.) A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See Almucantar.
Astrography :: Astrography (n.) The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.
Anagogical :: Anagogical (a.) Mystical; having a secondary spiritual meaning; as, the rest of the Sabbath, in an anagogical sense, signifies the repose of the saints in heaven; an anagogical explication..
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