单词 | heaving |
释义 | heavingn. a. The action of heave v., in various senses. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > [noun] highing?c1225 heavinga1300 hancinga1382 arearing1382 hainingc1440 enhancing1490 elevation1526 raise1538 elation1578 heightening1598 raisure1613 exaltation1616 sublation1623 elevating1648 sublevation1663 upraising1839 uprearing1853 upsetting1882 updraw1912 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > digestive disorders > [noun] > vomiting spewinga1000 vominga1382 brakinga1398 castinga1398 outcastinga1398 vomitc1405 perbreakinga1425 parbreaking1440 vomishmenta1450 upcastingc1450 upbreaking1493 vomiting1495 abortment1577 heaving1601 puke1612 puking1629 egestion1633 evomition1653 vomition1656 yarking1874 emesis1875 the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > sighing > [noun] sikinga1300 sikea1325 sichinga1387 sightinga1400 sithingc1450 heavinga1616 a1300 E.E. Psalter cxl[i]. 2 Heving of mi hend. a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 39 Ne kepte heo non henyng here. 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 250 With heuynge and shouynge, haue in and haue oute. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 62 The sicke heauing of the stomacke. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 277 They shall not be sea-sicke nor giuen to heauing, as commonly they be that are at sea. a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) ii. iii. 35 'Tis such as you That creepe like shadowes by him, and do sighe At each his needlesse heauings . View more context for this quotation 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 82. ⁋4 The silent heaving of the Waves. 1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 391 A reduction of the Lead, which is always attended with a sort of effervescence, and such a considerable heaving, that..most of the mixture runs over the crucible. 1802 J. Playfair Illustr. Huttonian Theory 255 The heaving of one vein by another. 1805 R. Forsyth Beauties Scotl. II. 279 A..mode of fishing, called heaving or hauling, is standing in the stream..with a bag or net fixed to a kind of frame... Whenever a fish strikes against the net, they..instantly haul up the mouth of the net above water. 1847 R. W. Emerson Poems 192 When thou didst yield thy innocent breath In bird-like heavings unto death. b. The rustic custom, formerly observed at Easter, of heaving or lifting into the air persons of the opposite sex. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities associated with Easter withe1465 heaving1787 Easter Parade1874 1787 Public Advertiser 13 Apr. (Brand) The counties of Shropshire, Cheshire, and Lancashire boast of one [custom] of equal antiquity, which they call Heaving. 1800 F. Leighton Let. to J. Boucher 17 Feb. (MS.) With respect to the custom of heaving at Easter..The men heave the women on Easter Monday; the women heave the men on the Tuesday. 1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 425 Lifting or heaving differs a little in different places. In some parts the person is laid horizontally, in others placed in a sitting position on the bearers' hands. Usually, when the lifting or heaving is within doors, a chair is produced. c. A name for certain diseases of animals: see quots. ΚΠ 1799 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 1 116 The pox of swine, called also by the London feeders, the heavings. 1883 Standard 19 Apr. 2/3 The disease from which ewes die, about three days after parturition..generally called ‘inflammation’, or sometimes ‘heaving’, is due to a disease which is analogous to puerperal fever in women. ΚΠ a1612 J. Harington Epigrams (1615) sig. B2 Then thirdly follow'd heauing of the Maw, A game without Ciuility or Law, An odious play, and yet in Court oft seene, A sawcy knaue to trump both King and Queene. e. With adverb heaving-down, heaving-to: see heave v. 20. ΚΠ 1799 Ld. Nelson 6 Mar. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) III. 280 The Emerald..having been on shore and got so much damage as to require heaving down. 1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle's Log I. i. 6 Heaving-to was impossible. 1875 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. (ed. 2) v. 146 Conveniences for heaving down. Compounds attributive and in other combinations: heaving-day n. (see quots., and b above). ΚΠ 1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 425 Easter Monday and Easter Tuesday were known by the name of heaving-day, because on the former day it was customary for the men to heave and kiss the women, and on the latter day for the women to retaliate upon the men. 1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 425 The womens' [sic]heaving-day was the most amusing. ΚΠ 1579 T. F. Newes from North i. xiv. sig. Fiv I call to witnesse the Theaters, Curtines, Heauing houses, Rifling boothes, Bowling alleyes, and such places. Categories » heaving-line n. Nautical a line, usually from 5 to 10 fathoms long, used for casting from a vessel to enable a hawser to be hauled ashore or to another vessel. heaving-net n. a net that is heaved or hauled up; see quot. 1805 at sense a. ΚΠ 1584 Order Sept. in R. Griffiths Ess. Jurisdict. Thames (1746) 63 No Fishermen, Garthmen, Petermen..shall avaunce or set up any Wears, Engines..Heaving Nets, except they be 2 Inches in the Meish. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021). heavingadj. That heaves, in various senses; see the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > [adjective] > rising and falling fluctuant1575 heaving1609 fluctuating1712 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. ii. 195 The performance of our heauing spleenes. View more context for this quotation 1714 J. Gay Trivia ii. 193 The heaving tide In widen'd circles beats on either side. 1721 tr. Georgics iii, in J. Dryden tr. Virgil Wks. (ed. 5) I. 278 The Youthful Charioteers with heaving Heart Rush to the Race. 1833 H. Martineau French Wines & Politics iv. 66 A heaving ocean of upturned faces. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid v, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 222 Over the heaving billows the ships of the Teucrians go. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < n.a1300adj.1609 |
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