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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Wind-broken :: Wind-broken (a.) Having the power of breathing impaired by the rupture, dilatation, or running together of air cells of the lungs, so that while the inspiration is by one effort, the expiration is by two; affected with pulmonary emphysema or with heaves; -- said of a horse..
Occultation :: Occultation (n.) The hiding of a heavenly body from sight by the intervention of some other of the heavenly bodies; -- applied especially to eclipses of stars and planets by the moon, and to the eclipses of satellites of planets by their primaries..
Nativity :: Nativity (n.) A representation of the positions of the heavenly bodies as the moment of one's birth, supposed to indicate his future destinies; a horoscope..
Heft :: Heft (v. t.) To heave up; to raise aloft.
Poesy :: Poesy (n.) The art of composing poems; poetical skill or faculty; as, the heavenly gift of poesy..
Heaved :: Heaved (p. p.) of Heav.
June :: "June (n.) The sister and wife of Jupiter, the queen of heaven, and the goddess who presided over marriage. She corresponds to the Greek Hera..
Stuck-up :: Stuckle (n.) A number of sheaves set together in the field; a stook.
Culmination :: Culmination (n.) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.
Sabian :: Sabian (a.) Relating to the religion of Saba, or to the worship of the heavenly bodies..
Refraction :: Refraction (n.) The correction which is to be deducted from the apparent altitude of a heavenly body on account of atmospheric refraction, in order to obtain the true altitude..
Heavenliness :: Heavenliness (n.) The state or quality of being heavenly.
Heave :: Heave (v. i.) To be thrown up or raised; to rise upward, as a tower or mound..
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..
World :: World (n.) Any planet or heavenly body, especially when considered as inhabited, and as the scene of interests analogous with human interests; as, a plurality of worlds..
Planisphere :: Planisphere (n.) The representation of the circles of the sphere upon a plane; especially, a representation of the celestial sphere upon a plane with adjustable circles, or other appendages, for showing the position of the heavens, the time of rising and setting of stars, etc., for any given date or hour..
Heave :: Heave (n.) A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode..
Mansion :: Mansion (n.) A twelfth part of the heavens; a house. See 1st House, 8..
Lift :: Lift (v. t.) To move in a direction opposite to that of gravitation; to raise; to elevate; to bring up from a lower place to a higher; to upheave; sometimes implying a continued support or holding in the higher place; -- said of material things; as, to lift the foot or the hand; to lift a chair or a burden..
Celestial :: Celestial (n.) An inhabitant of heaven.
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