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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Transit :: Transit (v. t.) To pass over the disk of (a heavenly body).
Angelical :: Angelical (a.) Belonging to, or proceeding from, angels; resembling, characteristic of, or partaking of the nature of, an angel; heavenly; divine..
Synodal :: Synod (n.) A conjunction of two or more of the heavenly bodies.
Leadsman :: Leadsman (n.) The man who heaves the lead.
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..
Coak :: Coak (n.) A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheave.
Latitude :: Latitude (n.) The angular distance of a heavenly body from the ecliptic.
Mansion :: Mansion (n.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st House, 8..
Keeve :: Keeve (v. t.) To heave; to tilt, as a cart..
Harbor :: Harbor (n.) The mansion of a heavenly body.
Period :: Period (n.) A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a division of time, as a series of years, months, or days, in which something is completed, and ready to recommence and go on in the same order; as, the period of the sun, or the earth, or a comet..
Heave :: Heave (v. t.) To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh..
Sheave :: Sheave (v.) A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley..
Ancile :: Ancile (n.) The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome..
Subcentral :: Subcelestial (a.) Being beneath the heavens; as, subcelestial glories..
Perseid :: Perseid (n.) One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation Perseus. They are beleived to be fragments once connected with a comet visible in 1862..
Grace :: Grace (v. t.) To supply with heavenly grace.
Emersion :: Emersion (n.) The reappearance of a heavenly body after an eclipse or occultation; as, the emersion of the moon from the shadow of the earth; the emersion of a star from behind the moon..
Heavenly :: Heavenly (adv.) In a manner resembling that of heaven.
Heavenly :: Heavenly (a.) Pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly; as, heavenly regions; heavenly music..
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