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Wield :: Wield (v. t.) To use with full command or power, as a thing not too heavy for the holder; to manage; to handle; hence, to use or employ; as, to wield a sword; to wield the scepter..

Knock :: Knock (v. i.) To drive or be driven against something; to strike against something; to clash; as, one heavy body knocks against another..

Squasher :: Squash (n.) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies..

Cannon :: Cannon (n.) A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force.

Ironclad :: Ironclad (n.) A naval vessel having the parts above water covered and protected by iron or steel usually in large plates closely joined and made sufficiently thick and strong to resist heavy shot.

Cupola :: Cupola (n.) A revolving shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance.

Bombproof :: Bombproof (n.) A structure which heavy shot and shell will not penetrate.

Thick-skulled :: Thick-skulled (a.) Having a thick skull; hence, dull; heavy; stupid; slow to learn..

Mahovo :: Mahovo (n.) A device for saving power in stopping and starting a railroad car, by means of a heavy fly wheel..

Blow :: Blow (n.) A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port..

Pall :: Pall (n.) A large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb..

Pesanted :: Pesanted (a.) Made heavy or dull; debased.

Sling :: Sling (v. t.) A loop of rope, or a rope or chain with hooks, for suspending a barrel, bale, or other heavy object, in hoisting or lowering..

Quoit :: Quoit (n.) A flattened ring-shaped piece of iron, to be pitched at a fixed object in play; hence, any heavy flat missile used for the same purpose, as a stone, piece of iron, etc..

Dull :: Dull (superl.) Heavy; gross; cloggy; insensible; spiritless; lifeless; inert.

Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder..

Rafter :: Rafter (n.) Originally, any rough and somewhat heavy piece of timber. Now, commonly, one of the timbers of a roof which are put on sloping, according to the inclination of the roof. See Illust. of Queen-post..

Hulk :: Hulk (n.) A heavy ship of clumsy build.

Lignum-vitae :: Lignum-vitae (n.) A tree (Guaiacum officinale) found in the warm latitudes of America, from which the guaiacum of medicine is procured. Its wood is very hard and heavy, and is used for various mechanical purposes, as for the wheels of ships' blocks, cogs, bearings, and the like. See Guaiacum..

Phenol :: Phenol (n.) A white or pinkish crystalline substance, C6H5OH, produced by the destructive distillation of many organic bodies, as wood, coal, etc., and obtained from the heavy oil from coal tar..

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