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<p><b>4.</b> <def>Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; <as>as, a <ex>heavy</ex> gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a <ex>heavy</ex> writer or book.</as></def>

<blockquote>Whilst the <b>heavy</b> plowman snores. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Of a <b>heavy</b>, dull, degenerate mind. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Neither his ear <b>heavy</b>, that it can not hear. <i>Is. lix. 1.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Strong; violent; forcible; <as>as, a <ex>heavy</ex> sea, storm, cannonade, and the like</as>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>Loud; deep; -- said of sound; <as>as, <ex>heavy</ex> thunder</as>.</def>

<blockquote>But, hark! that <b>heavy</b> sound breaks in once more. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>7.</b> <def>Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <def>Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; <as>as, a <ex>heavy</ex> road, soil, and the like</as>.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <def>Not raised or made light; <as>as, <ex>heavy</ex> bread</as>.</def>

<p><b>10.</b> <def>Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food.</def>

<p><b>11.</b> <def>Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors.</def>

<p><b>12.</b> <def>With child; pregnant.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<cs><col>Heavy artillery</col>. <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>Guns of great weight or large caliber, esp. siege, garrison, and seacoast guns.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>Troops which serve heavy guns.</cd> -- <col>Heavy cavalry</col>. <cd>See under <er>Cavalry</er>.</cd> -- <col>Heavy fire</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>a continuous or destructive cannonading, or discharge of small arms.</cd> -- <col>Heavy metal</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>large guns carrying balls of a large size; also, large balls for such guns.</cd><-- a type of rock music (1970's), with a hard beat, amplified electronically --> -- <col>Heavy metals</col>. <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Metal</er>.</cd> -- <col>Heavy weight</col>, <cd>in wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the heaviest of the classes into which contestants are divided. Cf. <cref>Feather weight</cref> <sd>(c)</sd>, under <er>Feather</er>.</cd></cs>

<note>&hand; <i>Heavy</i> is used in composition to form many words which need no special explanation; as, <i>heavy</i>-built, <i>heavy</i>-browed, <i>heavy</i>-gaited, etc.</note>

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

<hw>Heav"y</hw><def>, adv. Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; <as>as, <ex>heavy</ex>-laden</as>.</def>

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

<hw>Heav"y</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To make heavy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif.</i>

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<hw>Heav"y-armed`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>Wearing heavy or complete armor; carrying heavy arms.</def>

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<hw>Heav"y-had"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Clumsy; awkward.</def>

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<hw>Heav"y-head"ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Dull; stupid.</def> "Gross <i>heavy-headed</i> fellows."

<i>Beau. & Fl.</i>

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