Word Meanings - UNDERHEAVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To heave or lift from below. Wyclif.

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• HEAVEN
  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. gaham to put on, clothe one's
• HEAVENLY
  1. Pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly; as, heavenly regions; heavenly music. As is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. 1 Cor. xv.
• HEAVE OFFERING
  An offering or oblation heaved up or elevated before the altar, as the shoulder of the peace offering. See Wave offering. Ex. xxix.
• HEAVER
  A bar used as a lever. Totten. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver.
• BELOW
  1. Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee. Shak. 2. Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality. "One degree below kings." Addison. 3. Unworthy of; unbefitting;
• HEAVENWARD
  Toward heaven.
• HEAVES
  A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind.
• BELOWT
  To treat as a lout; to talk abusively to. Camden.
• HEAVENIZE
  To render like heaven or fit for heaven. Bp. Hall.
• WYCLIFITE; WYCLIFFITE
  A follower of Wyclif, the English reformer; a Lollard.
• HEAVE
  hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan, hevan, G. heven, Icel. häfva, Dan. hæve, Goth. hafjan, L. capere to take, seize; cf. 1. To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up;
• HEAVENLINESS
  The state or quality of being heavenly. Sir J. Davies.
• HEAVENLYMINDED; HEAVENLY-MINDED
  Having the thoughts and affections placed on, or suitable for, heaven and heavenly objects; devout; godly; pious. Milner. -- Heav"en*ly*mind`ed*ness, n.
• SHEAVED
  Made of straw. Shak.
• THEAVE
  A ewe lamb of the first year; also, a sheep three years old. Halliwell.
• FURBELOW
  A plaited or gathered flounce on a woman's garment.
• UNDERHEAVE
  To heave or lift from below. Wyclif.
• MIDHEAVEN
  The meridian, or middle line of the heavens; the point of the ecliptic on the meridian. (more info) 1. The midst or middle of heaven or the sky.
• UPHEAVE
  To heave or lift up from beneath; to raise. Milton.
• SHEAVE
  A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or the like; the wheel of a pulley. Sheave hole, a channel cut in a mast, yard, rail, or other timber, in which to fix a sheave.