Definition of heavy

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Heavy (superl.) Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc..

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Lob :: Lob (n.) A dull, heavy person..
Thallium :: Thallium (n.) A rare metallic element of the aluminium group found in some minerals, as certain pyrites, and also in the lead-chamber deposit in the manufacture of sulphuric acid. It is isolated as a heavy, soft, bluish white metal, easily oxidized in moist air, but preserved by keeping under water. Symbol Tl. Atomic weight 203.7..
Crash :: Crash (n.) Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels..
Thump :: Thump (v. t.) To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to cause a dull sound..
Ballast :: Ballast (a.) Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing..
Flushing :: Flushing (n.) A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy; -- commonly in the /.
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder..
Blockhouse :: Blockhouse (n.) An edifice or structure of heavy timbers or logs for military defense, having its sides loopholed for musketry, and often an upper story projecting over the lower, or so placed upon it as to have its sides make an angle wit the sides of the lower story, thus enabling the defenders to fire downward, and in all directions; -- formerly much used in America and Germany..
Roll :: Roll (v.) A heavy, reverberatory sound; as, the roll of cannon, or of thunder..
Guillotine :: Guillotine (n.) A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim..
Trones :: Trones (n.) A form of weighing machine for heavy wares, consisting of two horizontal bars crossing each other, beaked at the extremities, and supported by a wooden pillar. It is now mostly disused..
Minium :: Minium (n.) A heavy, brilliant red pigment, consisting of an oxide of lead, Pb3O4, obtained by exposing lead or massicot to a gentle and continued heat in the air. It is used as a cement, as a paint, and in the manufacture of flint glass. Called also red lead..
Leaden :: Leaden (a.) Heavy; dull; sluggish.
Under :: Under (prep.) Denoting relation to some thing or person that is superior, weighs upon, oppresses, bows down, governs, directs, influences powerfully, or the like, in a relation of subjection, subordination, obligation, liability, or the like; as, to travel under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; to have fortitude under the evils of life; to have patience under pain, or under misfortunes; to behave like a Christian under reproaches and injuries; under the pains and penalties of the
Drilling :: Drilling (n.) A heavy, twilled fabric of linen or cotton..
Fine :: Fine (superl.) Not coarse, gross, or heavy.
Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors..
Club :: Club (n.) A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel..
Roller :: Roller (n.) One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather..
Chlorpicrin :: Chlorpicrin (n.) A heavy, colorless liquid, CCl3.NO2, of a strong pungent odor, obtained by subjecting picric acid to the action of chlorine..
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