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Word Meanings - UNDERHEAVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To heave or lift from below. Wyclif.

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  • HEAVEN
    hevan, LG. heben, heven, Icel. hifinn; of uncertain origin, cf. D. hemel, G. himmel, Icel. himmin, Goth. himins; perh. akin to, or influenced by, the root of E. heave, or from a root signifying to cover, cf. Goth. gaham to put on, clothe one's
  • HEAVENLY
    1. Pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly; as, heavenly regions; heavenly music. As is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 1 Cor. xv.
  • HEAVE OFFERING
    An offering or oblation heaved up or elevated before the altar, as the shoulder of the peace offering. See Wave offering. Ex. xxix.
  • HEAVER
    A bar used as a lever. Totten. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver.
  • BELOW
    1. Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee. Shak. 2. Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality. "One degree below kings." Addison. 3. Unworthy of; unbefitting;
  • HEAVENWARD
    Toward heaven.
  • HEAVES
    A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind.
  • BELOWT
    To treat as a lout; to talk abusively to. Camden.
  • HEAVENIZE
    To render like heaven or fit for heaven. Bp. Hall.
  • WYCLIFITE; WYCLIFFITE
    A follower of Wyclif, the English reformer; a Lollard.
  • HEAVE
    hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan, hevan, G. heven, Icel. häfva, Dan. hæve, Goth. hafjan, L. capere to take, seize; cf. 1. To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up;
  • HEAVENLINESS
    The state or quality of being heavenly. Sir J. Davies.
  • HEAVENLYMINDED; HEAVENLY-MINDED
    Having the thoughts and affections placed on, or suitable for, heaven and heavenly objects; devout; godly; pious. Milner. -- Heav"en*ly*mind`ed*ness, n.
  • SHEAVED
    Made of straw. Shak.
  • THEAVE
    A ewe lamb of the first year; also, a sheep three years old. Halliwell.
  • FURBELOW
    A plaited or gathered flounce on a woman's garment.
  • UNDERHEAVE
    To heave or lift from below. Wyclif.
  • MIDHEAVEN
    The meridian, or middle line of the heavens; the point of the ecliptic on the meridian. (more info) 1. The midst or middle of heaven or the sky.
  • UPHEAVE
    To heave or lift up from beneath; to raise. Milton.
  • SHEAVE
    A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley. Sheave hole, a channel cut in a mast, yard, rail, or other timber, in which to fix a sheave.

 

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