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noun (hearties)
- (obsolete): Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; -- a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors. Dickens.
adjective (heartier, heartiest)
- Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the heart; warm; cordial; bold; zealous; sincere; willing; also, energetic; active; eager; as, a hearty welcome; hearty in supporting the government.
- Full of hearty tears For our good father's loss. w:Marston, Marston.
- Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak; as, a hearty timber.
- Promoting strength; nourishing; rich; abundant; as, hearty food; a hearty meal.
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noun - An effort to raise something, as a weight, or one's self, or to move something heavy.
- 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.
- A horizontal dislocation in a metallic lode, taking place at an intersection with another lode.
- (nautical) The measure of extent to which a nautical vessel goes up and down in a short period of time. Compare with pitch.
verb (heaves, heaving, heaved or, nautical, hove, heaved or, nautical hove)
- (context, transitive, archaic) To lift (generally); to raise, or cause to move upwards or forwards.
- (transitive) To lift with difficulty; to raise with some effort; to lift (a heavy thing).
- We heaved the chest-of-doors on to the second-floor landing.
- (context, transitive, mining, geology) To displace (a vein, stratum).
- (context, transitive, now, _, rare) To cause to swell or rise, especially in repeated exertions.
- The wind heaved the waves.
- (intransitive) To rise and fall.
- Her chest heaved with emotion.
- (transitive) To utter with effort.
- She heaved a sigh and stared out of the window.
- (context, transitive, now, _, nautical) To throw, cast.
- The cap'n hove the body overboard.
- (context, transitive, nautical) To pull up with a rope or cable.
- Heave up the anchor there, boys!
- (intransitive) To make an effort to vomit; to retch.
- The smell of the old cheese was enough to make you heave.
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noun (helmsmen)
- (nautical) A member of a ship's crew who is responsible for steering
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noun
- A sudden pull.
- (nautical) A noose or knot as used by sailors.
- A knot used to secure a line to a spar, ring, post or the like (Knots and Splices by Cyrus L Day, Adlard Coles Nautical, 2001)
- A fastener or connection point, as for a trailer.
- His truck sported a heavy-duty for his boat.
- (informal) A problem, delay or source of difficulty.
- The banquet went off without a . (Meaning the banquet went smoothly.)
- A hidden or unfavorable condition or element; a catch.
- The deal sounds too good to be true. What's the ?
verb (hitches, hitching, hitched)
- To pull with a jerk.
- She hitched her jeans up and then tightend her belt.
- To attach, tie or fasten.
- He hitched the bedroll to his backpack and went camping.
- (informal) To marry, especially to get hitched.
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noun
- Any animal belonging to the Suidae family of mammals, especially the pig, the wart hog, and the boar.
- A greedy person; one who refuses to share.
- (slang) A large motorcycle, particularly a w:Harley Davidson, Harley-Davidson.
verb (hogg, ing)
- (transitive) To greedily take more than one's share.
- Hey! Quit hogging all the blankets.
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noun
- (slang) A prostitute
- synonyms - see WikiSaurus:prostitute
- A small fishing boat.
- In rugby, a player who hooks the ball out of the scrum with his foot.
- A knitter.
- A person that hooks.
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