Heavy artillery. (Mil.) (a) Guns of great weight or large caliber, esp.
siege, garrison, and seacoast guns. (b) Troops which serve heavy guns.
-- Heavy cavalry. See under Cavalry. -- Heavy fire (Mil.), a continuous
or destructive cannonading, or discharge of small arms. -- Heavy metal
(Mil.), large guns carrying balls of a large size; also, large balls
for such guns. -- Heavy metals. (Chem.) See under Metal. -- Heavy
weight, in wrestling, boxing, etc., a term applied to the heaviest of
the classes into which contestants are divided. Cf. Feather weight (c),
under Feather.
Heavy is used in composition to form many words which need no special
explanation; as, heavy-built, heavy-browed, heavy-gaited, etc.
Heav"y, adv. Heavily; -- sometimes used in composition; as,
heavy-laden.
Heav"y, v. t. To make heavy. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Heav"y-armed` (?), a. (Mil.) Wearing heavy or complete armor; carrying
heavy arms.
Heav"y-had"ed (?), a. Clumsy; awkward.
Heav"y-head"ed (?), a. Dull; stupid. "Gross heavy-headed fellows."
Beau. & Fl.
Heav"y spar` (?). (Min.) Native barium sulphate or barite, -- so called
because of its high specific gravity as compared with other
non-metallic minerals.
Heb"do*mad (?), n. [L. hebdomas, -adis, Gr. "ebdoma`s the number seven
days, fr. &?; seventh, &?; seven. See Seven.] A week; a period of seven
days. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
{ Heb*dom"a*dal (?), Heb*dom"a*da*ry (?), } a. [L. hebdomadalis, LL.
hebdomadarius: cf. F. hebdomadaire.] Consisting of seven days, or
occurring at intervals of seven days; weekly.
Heb*dom"a*dal*ly (?), adv. In periods of seven days; weekly. Lowell.
Heb*dom"a*da*ry (?), n. [LL. hebdomadarius: cf. F. hebdomadier.] (R. C.
Ch.) A member of a chapter or convent, whose week it is to officiate in
the choir, and perform other services, which, on extraordinary
occasions, are performed by the superiors.
Heb`do*mat"ic*al (?), a. [L. hebdomaticus, Gr. &?;.] Weekly;
hebdomadal. [Obs.]