Definition of heave

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Heave (v. t.) To force from, or into, any position; to cause to move; also, to throw off; -- mostly used in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the ship ahead..

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Middle-earth :: Middle-earth (n.) The world, considered as lying between heaven and hell..
Disk :: Disk (n.) The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen projected of the heavens..
Heaver :: Heaver (n.) One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver..
Heft :: Heft (v. t.) To heave up; to raise aloft.
Keck :: Keck (v. i.) To heave or to retch, as in an effort to vomit..
Luminary :: Luminary (n.) Any body that gives light, especially one of the heavenly bodies..
Stuck-up :: Stuckle (n.) A number of sheaves set together in the field; a stook.
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..
Blessed :: Blessed (a.) Hallowed; consecrated; worthy of blessing or adoration; heavenly; holy.
Underheave :: Underheave (v. i.) To heave or lift from below.
Shell :: Shell (n.) The outer frame or case of a block within which the sheaves revolve.
Heaven :: Heaven (n.) The expanse of space surrounding the earth; esp., that which seems to be over the earth like a great arch or dome; the firmament; the sky; the place where the sun, moon, and stars appear; -- often used in the plural in this sense..
Leadsman :: Leadsman (n.) The man who heaves the lead.
Gag :: Gag (v. t.) To cause to heave with nausea.
Limb :: Limb (n.) The border or edge of the disk of a heavenly body, especially of the sun and moon..
Ensky :: Ensky (v. t.) To place in the sky or in heaven.
Quadrature :: Quadrature (a.) The position of one heavenly body in respect to another when distant from it 90¡, or a quarter of a circle, as the moon when at an equal distance from the points of conjunction and opposition..
Hove :: Hove (v. i. & t.) To rise; to swell; to heave; to cause to swell.
Almacantar :: Almacantar (n.) A recently invented instrument for observing the heavenly bodies as they cross a given almacantar circle. See Almucantar.
Spirituality :: Spirituality (n.) The quality or state of being spiritual; incorporeality; heavenly-mindedness.
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