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Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught.…

Native barium sulphate or barite, -- so called because of its high specific gravity as compared with other non-metallic minerals.

Wearing heavy or complete armor; carrying heavy arms.

Clumsy; awkward.

Dull; stupid. "Gross heavy-headed fellows." Beau. & Fl.

Excessively heavy.

Having the top or upper part too heavy for the lower part. Sir H. Wotton.

To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase. [Obs.] "To aggravate thy store." Shak.

To make heavy; to aggravate. [Obs.] Chaucer.

liar look, appearance, and bearing of a person; mien; demeanor; as, the air of a youth; a heavy air; a lofty air. "His very air." Shak.

A heavy green oil (partially solidifying on cooling), which distills over from coal tar at a temperature above 270º. It is the principal source of anthracene.

A wagon or cart, usually heavy and without springs, and often covered. [Oriental]

Tapestry; a rich figured fabric; especially, a screen or hangings of heavy cloth with interwoven figures. Stateliest couches, with rich arras spread. Cowper. Behind the arras I'll convey myself. Shak.

A dull, heavy, stupid fellow; a dolt. Shak. Asses' Bridge. Etym: [L. pons asinorum.] The fifth proposition of the first book of Euclid, "The angles at the base of an isosceles triangle are equal to one another." [Sportive] "A schoolboy, stammering out his Asses' Bridge." F. Harrison. -- To make an ass of one's self, t…

course; so as to thwart; perversely. All athwart there came A post from Wales loaden with heavy news. Shak.

r the privilege of naming the trump and playing with the dummy for that deal, there being heavy penalties for a player's failure to make good his bid. The score value of each trick more than six taken by the successful bidder is as follows: when the trump is spades, 2; clubs, 6; diamonds, 7; hearts, 8; royal spades (li…

Any heavy substance, as stone, iron, etc., put into the hold to sink a vessel in the water to such a depth as to prevent capsizing.

A blow as with a club; a heavy blow. Many a stiff thwack, many a bang. Hudibras.

assive forms resembling marble. It has a high specific gravity, and hence is often called heavy spar. It is a common mineral in metallic veins.

A ravine caused by heavy rains or a watercourse. [Texas & N. Mex.]