Definition of heave

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Heave (n.) 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..

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Cycle :: Cycle (n.) An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.
Saturn :: Saturn (n.) One of the elder and principal deities, the son of Coelus and Terra (Heaven and Earth), and the father of Jupiter. The corresponding Greek divinity was Kro`nos, later CHro`nos, Time..
Subastringent :: Subastral (a.) Beneath the stars or heavens; terrestrial.
Midheaven :: Midheaven (n.) The midst or middle of heaven or the sky.
Uphaf :: Uphaf () imp. of Upheave.
Sky :: Sky (n.) The apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament; -- sometimes in the plural..
Heave :: Heave (n.) An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy..
Thave :: Thave (n.) Same as Theave.
Spirituality :: Spirituality (n.) The quality or state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly-mindedness.
Harbor :: Harbor (n.) The mansion of a heavenly body.
Aberration :: Aberration (n.) A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called annual aberration, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit, and daily or diurnal aberration, when of the earth on its axis; amounting when greatest, in the former case, to 20.4'', and in the latter, to 0.3''. Planetary aberration is that due to the motion of light and the motion of the planet re
Sainted :: Sainted (a.) Entered into heaven; -- a euphemism for dead.
Forestaff :: Forestaff (n.) An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of heavenly bodies, now superseded by the sextant; -- called also cross-staff..
Heavenly :: Heavenly (adv.) By the influence or agency of heaven.
Refraction :: Refraction (n.) The change in the direction of a ray of light, and, consequently, in the apparent position of a heavenly body from which it emanates, arising from its passage through the earth's atmosphere; -- hence distinguished as atmospheric refraction, or astronomical refraction..
Divine :: Divine (a.) Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; supremely admirable; apparently above what is human. In this application, the word admits of comparison; as, the divinest mind. Sir J. Davies..
Occulted :: Occulted (a.) Concealed by the intervention of some other heavenly body, as a star by the moon..
Appulse :: Appulse (n.) The near approach of one heavenly body to another, or to the meridian; a coming into conjunction; as, the appulse of the moon to a star, or of a star to the meridian..
Place :: Place (n.) Position in the heavens, as of a heavenly body; -- usually defined by its right ascension and declination, or by its latitude and longitude..
Log :: Log (n.) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
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