Part 772

8. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like.

9. Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread.

10. Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food.

11. Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors.

12. With child; pregnant. [R.]

Heavy artillery. (Mil.) (a) Guns of great weight or large caliber, esp. siege, garrison, and seacoast guns. (b) Troops which serve heavy guns. -- Heavy cavalry. See under Cavalry. -- Heavy fire (Mil.), a continuous or destructive cannonading, or discharge of small arms. -- Heavy metal (Mil.), large guns carrying balls of a large size; also, large balls for such guns. -- Heavy metals. (Chem.) See under Metal. -- Heavy weight, in wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the heaviest of the classes into which contestants are divided. Cf. Feather weight (c), under Feather.

Heavy is used in composition to form many words which need no special explanation; as, heavy-built, heavy-browed, heavy-gaited, etc.

Heav"y, adv. Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as, heavy-laden.

Heav"y, v. t. To make heavy. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Heav"y-armed` (?), a. (Mil.) Wearing heavy or complete armor; carrying heavy arms.

Heav"y-had"ed (?), a. Clumsy; awkward.

Heav"y-head"ed (?), a. Dull; stupid. "Gross heavy-headed fellows." Beau. & Fl.

Heav"y spar` (?). (Min.) Native barium sulphate or barite, -- so called because of its high specific gravity as compared with other non-metallic minerals.

Heb"do*mad (?), n. [L. hebdomas, -adis, Gr. "ebdoma`s the number seven days, fr. &?; seventh, &?; seven. See Seven.] A week; a period of seven days. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

{ Heb*dom"a*dal (?), Heb*dom"a*da*ry (?), } a. [L. hebdomadalis, LL. hebdomadarius: cf. F. hebdomadaire.] Consisting of seven days, or occurring at intervals of seven days; weekly.

Heb*dom"a*dal*ly (?), adv. In periods of seven days; weekly. Lowell.

Heb*dom"a*da*ry (?), n. [LL. hebdomadarius: cf. F. hebdomadier.] (R. C. Ch.) A member of a chapter or convent, whose week it is to officiate in the choir, and perform other services, which, on extraordinary occasions, are performed by the superiors.

Heb`do*mat"ic*al (?), a. [L. hebdomaticus, Gr. &?;.] Weekly; hebdomadal. [Obs.]

He"be (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. "h`bh youth, "H`bh Hebe.]

1. (Class. Myth.) The goddess of youth, daughter of Jupiter and Juno. She was believed to have the power of restoring youth and beauty to those who had lost them.

2. (Zoˆl.) An African ape; the hamadryas.

Heb"en (?), n. Ebony. [Obs.] Spenser.

Heb"e*non (?), n. See Henbane. [Obs.] Shak.

Heb"e*tate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hebetated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hebetating.] [L. hebetatus, p. p. of hebetare to dull. See Hebete.] To render obtuse; to dull; to blunt; to stupefy; as, to hebetate the intellectual faculties. Southey

Heb"e*tate (?), a. 1. Obtuse; dull.

2. (Bot.) Having a dull or blunt and soft point. Gray.

Heb`e*ta"tion (?), n. [L. hebetatio: cf. F. hÈbÈtation.] 1. The act of making blunt, dull, or stupid.

2. The state of being blunted or dulled.