Heath"er (h"r; 277. This is the only pronunciation in Scotland), n.
[See Heath.] Heath. [Scot.]
Gorse and grass And heather, where his footsteps pass, The brighter
seem.
Longfellow.
Heather bell (Bot.), one of the pretty subglobose flowers of two
European kinds of heather (Erica Tetralix, and E. cinerea).
Heath"er*y (-), a. Heathy; abounding in heather; of the nature of
heath.
Heath"y (hth"), a. Full of heath; abounding with heath; as, heathy
land; heathy hills. Sir W. Scott.
Heat"ing (ht"ng), a. That heats or imparts heat; promoting warmth or
heat; exciting action; stimulating; as, heating medicines or
applications.
Heating surface (Steam Boilers), the aggregate surface exposed to fire
or to the heated products of combustion, esp. of all the plates or
sheets that are exposed to water on their opposite surfaces; -- called
also fire surface.
Heat"ing*ly, adv. In a heating manner; so as to make or become hot or
heated.
Heat"less, a. Destitute of heat; cold. Beau. & Fl.
Heave (hv), v. t. [imp. Heaved (hvd), or Hove (hv); p. p. Heaved, Hove,
formerly Hoven (h"v'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Heaving.] [OE. heven, hebben,
AS. hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan, hevan, G.
heben, Icel. hefja, Sw. h‰fva, Dan. hÊve, Goth. hafjan, L. capere to
take, seize; cf. Gr. kw`ph handle. Cf. Accept, Behoof, Capacious,
Forceps, Haft, Receipt.] 1. 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.
One heaved ahigh, to be hurled down below.
Shak.
Heave, as now used, implies that the thing raised is heavy or hard to
move; but formerly it was used in a less restricted sense.
Here a little child I stand, Heaving up my either hand.
Herrick.
2. To throw; to cast; -- obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in
certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log.
3. To force from, or into, any position; to cause to move; also, to
throw off; -- mostly used in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the
ship ahead.
4. To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to
heave a sigh.
The wretched animal heaved forth such groans.
Shak.