Heft: alternatives and connections

The state or quality of being heavy in its various senses; weight; sadness; sluggishness; oppression; thickness.

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To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised.

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The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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A corruption of Way, used only in the phrase under weigh.

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The quality or state of being weighty; weight; force; importance; impressiveness.

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To heave or lift up from beneath; to raise.

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Moderately heavy.

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Moderately heavy.

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The sky; the atmosphere; the firmament.

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To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land.

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The state or quality of being massive; massiness.

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The quality or state of being ponderous; weight; gravity; heaviness, ponderousness; as, the ponderosity of gold.

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The quality or state of being ponderous; ponderosity.

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