Definition of heave

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Heave (v. t.) To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land..

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Sheaves :: Sheaves (pl. ) of Shea.
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..
Heavening :: Heavening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Heave.
Southing :: Southing (n.) The time at which the moon, or other heavenly body, passes the meridian of a place..
Limb :: Limb (n.) The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon..
Mow :: Mow (v. t.) To lay, as hay or sheaves of grain, in a heap or mass in a barn; to pile and stow away..
Raise :: Raise (v. t.) To cause to rise; to bring from a lower to a higher place; to lift upward; to elevate; to heave; as, to raise a stone or weight..
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..
Heavenliness :: Heavenliness (n.) The state or quality of being heavenly.
Log :: Log (n.) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
Octant :: Octant (n.) The position or aspect of a heavenly body, as the moon or a planet, when half way between conjunction, or opposition, and quadrature, or distant from another body 45 degrees..
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..
Heave :: Heave (v. t.) To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh..
Uphaf :: Uphaf () imp. of Upheave.
Tour :: Tour (v. t.) A turn; a revolution; as, the tours of the heavenly bodies..
Transcend :: Transcend (v. t.) To rise above; to surmount; as, lights in the heavens transcending the region of the clouds..
Observatory :: Observatory (n.) A place or building for making observations on the heavenly bodies.
Ineffable :: Ineffable (a.) Incapable of being expresses in words; unspeakable; unutterable; indescribable; as, the ineffable joys of heaven..
Constellate :: Constellate (v. t.) To set or adorn with stars or constellations; as, constellated heavens..
Celestial :: Celestial (a.) Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly; divine.
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