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Burden :: Burden (v. t.) To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.

Race :: Race (v. i.) To run too fast at times, as a marine engine or screw, when the screw is lifted out of water by the action of a heavy sea..

Water-logged :: Water-logged (a.) Filled or saturated with water so as to be heavy, unmanageable, or loglike; -- said of a vessel, when, by receiving a great quantity of water into her hold, she has become so heavy as not to be manageable by the helm..

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..

Hobnail :: Hobnail (n.) A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, -- used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes..

Sleep-charged :: Sleep-charged (a.) Heavy with sleep.

Heavy :: Heavy (superl.) Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food..

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

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..

Beam :: Beam (n.) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called also working beam or walking beam..

Heavy :: Heavy (v. t.) To make heavy.

Crane :: Crane (n.) A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. of Derrick..

Ronde :: Ronde (n.) A kind of script in which the heavy strokes are nearly upright, giving the characters when taken together a round look..

Laborsome :: Laborsome (a.) Likely or inclined to roll or pitch, as a ship in a heavy sea; having a tendency to labor..

Slight :: Slight (superl.) Not stout or heavy; slender.

Mall :: Mall (n.) A heavy blow.

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..

Play :: Play (n.) To contend, or take part, in a game; as, to play ball; hence, to gamble; as, he played for heavy stakes..

Uranium :: Uranium (n.) An element of the chromium group, found in certain rare minerals, as pitchblende, uranite, etc., and reduced as a heavy, hard, nickel-white metal which is quite permanent. Its yellow oxide is used to impart to glass a delicate greenish-yellow tint which is accompanied by a strong fluorescence, and its black oxide is used as a pigment in porcelain painting. Symbol U. Atomic weight 239..

Fall :: Fall (n.) That which falls; a falling; as, a fall of rain; a heavy fall of snow..

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