Part 5194

<i>Totten.</i>

<h1>Heaves</h1> <Xpage=680>

<hw>Heaves</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind.</def>

<h1>Heavily</h1> <Xpage=680>

<hw>Heav"i*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[From 2d <er>Heavy</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In a heavy manner; with great weight; <as>as, to bear <ex>heavily</ex> on a thing; to be <ex>heavily</ex> loaded.</as></def>

<blockquote><b>Heavily</b> interested in those schemes of emigration. <i>The Century.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>As if burdened with a great weight; slowly and laboriously; with difficulty; hence, in a slow, difficult, or suffering manner; sorrowfully.</def>

<blockquote>And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them <b>heavily</b>. <i>Ex. xiv. 25.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Why looks your grace so <b>heavily</b> to-day? <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Heaviness</h1> <Xpage=680>

<hw>Heav"i*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.</def>

<h1>Heaving</h1> <Xpage=680>

<hw>Heav"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A lifting or rising; a swell; a panting or deep sighing.</def>

<i>Addison. Shak.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Heavisome</h1> <Xpage=680>

<hw>Heav"i*some</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Heavy; dull.</def> <mark>[Prov.]</mark>

<h1>Heavy</h1> <Xpage=680>

<hw>Heav"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the heaves.</def>

<h1>Heavy</h1> <Xpage=680>

<hw>Heav"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Heavier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Heaviest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>hevi</ets>, AS. <ets>hefig</ets>, fr. <ets>hebban</ets> to lift, heave; akin to OHG. <ets>hebig</ets>, <ets>hevig</ets>, Icel. <ets>h\'94figr</ets>, <ets>h\'94fugr</ets>. See <er>Heave</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; <as>as, a <ex>heavy</ex> stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; <as>as, a <ex>heavy</ex> fall of rain or snow; a <ex>heavy</ex> failure; <ex>heavy</ex> business transactions, etc.</as>; often implying strength; <as>as, a <ex>heavy</ex> barrier</as>; also, difficult to move; <as>as, a <ex>heavy</ex> draught</as>.</as></def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; <as>as, <ex>heavy</ex> yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The hand of the Lord was <b>heavy</b> upon them of Ashdod. <i>1 Sam. v. 6.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The king himself hath a <b>heavy</b> reckoning to make. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Sent hither to impart the <b>heavy</b> news. <i>Wordsworth.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Trust him not in matter of <b>heavy</b> consequence. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>heavy</b> [sorrowing] nobles all in council were. <i>Chapman.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A light wife doth make a <b>heavy</b> husband. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>