Verb (American).—1. To vomit.
1862. Browne (‘Artemus Ward’), Artemus Ward, his book. ‘Cruise of
the Polly Ann.’ Stickin my hed out of the cabin window, I hev.
2. (old).—To rob: has survived, in Shropshire, as a provincialism. The
heler (hider) is as bad as the heaver = the receiver is as bad as the
thief.
1567. Harman, Caveat, p. 66. To heue a bough, to robbe or rifle a
boweth.
1575. Awdeley, Fraternitye of Vacabondes. But hys chiefest trade is
to rob bowthes in a faire, or to pilfer ware from staules, which
they cal heaving of the bowth.
1608. Dekker, Belman of London in Wks. (Grosart) III., 102. But the
end of their land-voiages is to rob Boothes at fayres, which they
call Heaving of the Booth.
1671. R. Head, English Rogue, Pt. I., ch. xlv. p. 319 (1874). I met
with an old comrade that had lately heav’d a booth, Anglice broken
open a Shop.
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. Heave a bough. To rob a house.
1724. Coles, Eng. Dict., s.v.
1725. New Cant. Dict., s.v.
1748. T. Dyche, Dictionary, (5th Ed.). Heave (v.) ... and in the
Canting Language, it is to rob or steal from any person or thing.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
To heave on (or ahead), verb. phr. (old).—To make haste; to press
forward.
1833. Marryat, Peter Simple, ch. iv. Come heave ahead, my lads, and
be smart.
Heaven, subs. (venery).—The female pudendum. For synonyms, see
Monosyllable. To feel one’s way to heaven = to grope (q.v.) a woman.
See also, St. Peter.
Heavenly-collar, (or lappel), subs. (tailors’).—A collar or lappel that
turns the wrong way.
Heaver, subs. (old).—1. The bosom; the panter (q.v.).
1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. Heaver. A breast.
1725. New Cant. Dict., s.v.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
2. (American).—A person in love: i.e., sighing (= heaving the bosom, or
making play with the heaver) like a furnace.