To heave at. (a) To make an effort at. (b) To attack, to oppose. [Obs.]
Fuller. -- To heave in sight (as a ship at sea), to come in sight; to
appear. -- To heave up, to vomit. [Low]
Heave, n. 1. An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self,
or to move something heavy.
After many strains and heaves He got up to his saddle eaves.
Hudibras.
2. An upward motion; a rising; a swell or distention, as of the breast
in difficult breathing, of the waves, of the earth in an earthquake,
and the like.
There's matter in these sighs, these profound heaves, You must
translate.
Shak.
None could guess whether the next heave of the earthquake would
settle . . . or swallow them.
Dryden.
3. (Geol.) A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at
an intersection with another lode.
Heav"en (hv"'n), n. [OE. heven, hefen, heofen, AS. heofon; akin to OS.
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. gahamn to put on, clothe one's self, G. hemd shirt,
and perh. E. chemise.] 1. The expanse of space surrounding the earth;
esp., that which seems to be over the earth like a great arch or dome;
the firmament; the sky; the place where the sun, moon, and stars
appear; -- often used in the plural in this sense.