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Heave, n.s. [from the verb.]
: L Lift; exertion or effort upwards.
' None could guess whether the next heave of the
I earthquake would settle them on the first foundatorn, or swallow them.
Rising of the breast.
There’s matter in these sighs; these profound^ heaves
*°u must translate ; ’tis fit we understand them,n Shakesp
• Effort to vomit.
• Struggle to rise.
But after many strains and heaves,* e got up to his saddle eaves.
Hudibras.
ave Offering, n . s. An offering amon,Jews .
f Ye shall offer a cake of the first of your doughan heave offering, as ye do the heave offb'ing ofi t{r?f threshing floor. Numbers.
I ^ AVEN. n . 5. [Jpeopon, which seems: to be derived from Jjeopb, the places
: ' The regions above; the expanse of the
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( », d. station like the herald Mercury,
. t*u lighted on a heaven kissing hill. Shakesp.Thy race in time to comej, l{ ill spread the conquests of imperial Rome ;j °Hje, whose ascending tow’rs shall heav'n invade,Hvoivjng earth and ocean in her shade. Dryden.
■ 5 y*e words are taken more properly for the air
l .j* ether than for the heavens. Raleigh 's History.
* his act, with shouts heav'n high, the friendly4 . . band
•Ihhud. Dryden.
^ q'L lle ^ res ma y from heaven . Temple.
\ * he habitation of God , good angels,pure souls departed.
Lll It is a knell
summons thee to heaven, or to hell.
Shak. Macbeth.
}f e , These, the late
?V n banish’d host, left desert utmost hell.Milt.lf^r \left of that revolted rout,
. $nhr n in station stood, or just array,
3, •v, , , lni e with expectation. Milton,
supreme power; the sovereign, ofi
^ 0vv heav’n help him! Shakesp.
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The will
Milton.
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Wt permission of all-ruling heavnw 11 ^ at large.
Bq ( j Prophets were taught to know the will ofto J’ ail d thereby instruct the people, and enabled. W,^°Pbcsy,as a testimony of their being sent byt ■fl’ 1 - ' ' Temple.
, pagan gods; tbe celestials.
la . lie I'hysick, pomp ;ll'aj.f b>jsclf to feel wliat wretches feel,
Ai u j j 0,1 n»ay*st shake the superflux to them,i’hf !°' v die heavens more just. Shakesp.
A s j > can judge as fitly of his worth,
Will n ?i°^ 'bose mysteries which heaven
lave earth to know. Shakesp.
. ,n *f whata spring was in his arm,to throw !* }Kh he held liis shield, and rose at ev’ry
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“■ El,
e vati,
» fo;
ut ion; sublimity.
*r a Tntie.. -r C-- .i. _x
Dryden.
Ti -
f) i bdlm lnuse °f fire, that would ascend
*t j s heav'n of invention. Shakesp.
^ 'imu n ui invention.
°ften used in composition.t lr 'We| K ' 1!EGt>T - Begot by a celestial
A’ son'!? htm’n-beeot, assert your soil
Sure s ‘E n - Dryden.
lestjaj B ? RN - Descended from the ce-I lc i^ lc re S* 0 ns; native of heaven.
A* fever fires his sulphurous blood,
^'kl hcan^ ^ ee b die hand of God ,
• h n ,° r7i dame. Dryden s Juvenal .
w'o chat av n ff 0T n sisters ! source of art!v'o l ec i f n ! the sense, or mend the heart;
Ji *ir virtue’- -i-- -
I » r uUi r : i ? ue, » tram along,“hand mystick song!
Pope.
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H eaven-bred. Produced or cultivatedin heaven.
Much is the force of hcav’n-bred poesy. Shah.
Heaven-built. Built by the agency ofgods.
His arms had wrought the destin’d fallOf sacred Troy, and raz’d her heaven-built wall
Pope
Heaven-directed.
I • Raised towards the sky.
Who taught that heaven-directed spire to rise ?
Pope.
2. Taught by the powers of heaven.
O sacred weapon j left for truth’s defence ;
To all but heaven-directed hands deny’d :
The muse may give it, but the gods must guide
Heavenly, adj. [from heaven .]
1. Resembling heaven; supremely excel-lent.
As the love of heaven makes one heavenly, thelove of virtue virtuous, so doth the love of theworld make one become worldly. Sidney.
Not Maro’s muse, who sung the mighty man ;Nor Pindar ’s heavenly lyre, nor Horace when aswan. Dryden.
2. Celestial; inhabiting heaven.
Adoring first the genius of the place,
Then earth, the mother of the heav'nly race. Dry.
He'avenly. adv.
1. In a manner resembling that of heaven.
In these deep solitudes and awful cells,
Where heav'nly pensive contemplation dwells,
And ever-musing melancholy reigns,
What means this tumult in a vestal’s veins ? Pope.
2. By the agency or influence of heaven.Truth and peace and love shall ever shine
About the supreme throneOf him, t’whose happy-making sight alone,
Our heav'nly guided soul shall climb. Milton.He'AVen WARD. adv. [heaven and peapb,Sax.] Towards heaven.
1 prostrate lay,
By various doubts impell’d, or to obey,
Or to object; at length, my mournful look,IJeav’nward erect, determin’d, thus I spoke. Prior.
IIe'avily. adv. [from heavy.']
]. With great ponderousness.
2. Grievously; afflictively.
Ease must be impracticable to the envious : theylie under a double misfortune ; common calamitiesand common blessings fall heavily upon them.
Collier.
3. Sorrowfully; with grief.
I came hither to transport the tydings,
Which r have heavily borne. Shakesp.
This O’Neil took very heavily, because his con-dition in the army was less pleasant to him. C lar.
4. With an air of dejection.
Why looks your grace so heavily to-day ?
—0, 1 have past a miserable night. Shakesp.
H e'aviness. n.s. [fromAe«ry.]
1. Ponderousness; the quality of beingheavy; weight.
The subject is concerning the heaviness of seve-ral bodies, or the proportion that is required be-twixtany weight and the power which may moveit. Wilkins.
2. Dejection of mind : depression of spirit.We are, at the hearing of some, more inclined
unto sorrow and heaviness; of some more mollifiedand softened in mind. Hooker.
Against ill chances men are ever merry;
But heaviness foreruns the good event. Shaliesp.
Let us not burthen our remembrance withAn heaviness that’s gone. Shakesp.
Heaviness in the heart of man maketli it stoop ;but a good word maketli it glad. Pron.xii.S25.
Ye greatly rejoice ; though now for a season yeare iu Aeat ?mi’», through manifold temptations.
1 Pet. 16.
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3. Inaptitude to motion or thought ; slug-i gishness; torpidness ; dulness of spirit;
languidness; languor.
Our strength is all gone into heaviness,
That makes the weight. Shakesp .
What means this heaviness that hangs upon me ?This lethargy that creeps through all my senses?
Addistm.
lie would not violate that sweet recess,
And found besides a welcome heaviness,
Which seiz’d his eyes. Dryden.
A sensation of drousiness, oppression, heaviness,and lassitude, are signs of a too plentiful meal.
Arbuthnot.
4. Oppression ; crush; affliction: as, theheavhiess of taxes.
5. Deepness or richness of soil.
As Alexandria exported many commodities, soit received some, which, by reason of the fatnessand heaviness of the ground, Egypt did not pro-duce ; such as metals, wood, and pitch. Arbuth7iot.
1. Weighty; pondei'ous ; tending strong-ly to the centre; contrary to light.
Mersennus tells us, that a little child, with anengine of an hundred double pulleys, might movethis earth, though it were much heavier than it is.
Wilkins.
2. Sorrowful; dejected ; depressed '
Let me not be light;
For a light wife doth makea/teavy husbaud.S/iak.
3. Grievous; oppressive; afflictive.
Menelaus bore an heavy hand over the citizens,having a malicious mind. . 2 Mac. v. 23.
Let not your ears despise m 3 7 tongue for ever,Which shall possess them with the heaviest soundThat ever yet they heard. Shakesp. Macbeth.
If the cause be not good, the king himself hatha heavy reckoning to make. Shak. Henry V.
Pray for this good man, and for his issue,
Whose heavy baud hath bowd 3 7 ou to the grave,
And beggar’d yrnurs for ever.
Tells with a sneer the tyding heavy. Swift.
4. Wanting alacrity; wanting brisknessof appearance.
My heavy eyes, you say, confessA heart to love and griei inclin’d. Prior.
5. Wanting spirit or rapidity of sentiment;unanimated.
A work was to be done, a heavy writer to be en-couraged, and accordingly many thousand copieswere bespoke. Sufft.
6. Wanting activity ; indolent; lazy.
Fair, tall, his limbs with due proportion join’d ;
But of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind. ‘ Dryd.
7. Drousy; dull ; torpid.
Peter and they that were with him were heavywith sleep. l.nke.
8. Slow; sluggish.
But let thy spiders that suck up thy venom,
And Aeury gaited toads lie in their way 7 . Shakesp.
9. Stupid; foolish.
This heavy headed revel, East and WestMake us traduc'd, and tax’d of other nations.
Shakesp.
I would not be accounted so base minded, orheavy headed, that I will confess that any of themis for valour, power, or fortune better than myself.
Knolles.
10. Burdensome; troublesome; tedious.
I put into thy bands what has been the diver-sion of some of my idle and heavy hours. Lochc.
When alone, your time will not lie heavy uponyour iiands for want of some trilling amusement.
11. Loaded; incumbered; burthened.
Hearing that there were forces coming against
him, and not willing that they should find hismen heavy and laden withbootv, he returned un-to Scotland, ^Bacons Henry VII .
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