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Moderately heavy. [Colloq. U. S.]

A heavy cloud lying on the brow of a mountain. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

naked skin, a thick and square head, a very large muzzle, small eyes and ears, thick and heavy body, and short legs. It is supposed to be the behemoth of the Bible. Called also zeekoe, and river horse. A smaller species (H. Liberiencis) inhabits Western Africa.

sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, -- used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes.

; esp., to raise or lift to a desired elevation, by means of tackle, as a sail, a flag, a heavy package or weight. They land my goods, and hoist my flying sails. Pope. Hoisting him into his father's throne. South. Hoisting engine, a steam engine for operating a hoist.

A heavy-armed infantry soldier. Milford.

A thin, pointed nail, with a heavy flaring head, for securing a horsehoe to the hoof; a horsehoe nail.

A heavy ship of clumsy build. Skeat.

The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming.

r for restoring the gun to the firing position. It is used with some English and European heavy guns.

The quality or state of being immovable; fixedness; steadfastness; as, immovability of a heavy body; immovability of purpose.

The aititude through which a heavy body must fall to acquire a velocity equal to that with which a ball is discharged from a piece.

Heavy; insupportable. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

f the type on the paper, or the result of such pressure, as regards its appearance; as, a heavy impression; a clear, or a poor, impression; also, a single copy as the result of printing, or the whole edition printed at a given time. Ten impressions which his books have had. Dryden.

Wanting in spirit, life, or animation; uninteresting; weak; vapid; flat; dull; heavy; as, an insipid woman; an insipid composition. Flat, insipid, and ridiculous stuff to him. South. But his wit is faint, and his salt, if I may dare to say so, almost insipid. Dryden.

ngines, using either an atomized spray or the vapor (produced by heat) of a comparatively heavy oil, as petroleum or kerosene. In all of these the gas is mixed with a definite amount of air, the charge is composed in the cylinder and is then exploded either by a flame of gas (flame ignition -- now little used), by a ho…

tenet was, that water is the original principle of all things. -- Ionic type, a kind of heavy-faced type (as that of the following line).

l usually in large plates closely joined and made sufficiently thick and strong to resist heavy shot.

A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood.

seeds, which are roasted and eaten. The wood is of a yellow color, fine grain, and rather heavy, and is much used in cabinetwork. It is also used for dyeing a brilliant yellow. [Written also jak.]