English Dictionary: heavy spar | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cavalry \Cav"al*ry\, n. [F. cavalerie, fr. It. cavalleria. See {Cavalier}, and cf. {chivalry}.] (Mil.) That part of military force which serves on horseback. Note: {Heavy cavalry} and {light cavalry} are so distinguished by the character of their armament, and by the size of the men and horses. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Heavy \Heav"y\, a. [Compar. {Heavier}; superl. {Heaviest}.] [OE. hevi, AS. hefig, fr. hebban to lift, heave; akin to OHG. hebig, hevig, Icel. h[94]figr, h[94]fugr. See {Heave}.] 1. Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects; as, a heavy fall of rain or snow; a heavy failure; heavy business transactions, etc.; often implying strength; as, a heavy barrier; also, difficult to move; as, a heavy draught. 2. Not easy to bear; burdensome; oppressive; hard to endure or accomplish; hence, grievous, afflictive; as, heavy yokes, expenses, undertakings, trials, news, etc. The hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod. --1 Sam. v. 6. The king himself hath a heavy reckoning to make. --Shak. Sent hither to impart the heavy news. --Wordsworth. Trust him not in matter of heavy consequence. --Shak. 3. Laden with that which is weighty; encumbered; burdened; bowed down, either with an actual burden, or with care, grief, pain, disappointment. The heavy [sorrowing] nobles all in council were. --Chapman. A light wife doth make a heavy husband. --Shak. 4. Slow; sluggish; inactive; or lifeless, dull, inanimate, stupid; as, a heavy gait, looks, manners, style, and the like; a heavy writer or book. Whilst the heavy plowman snores. --Shak. Of a heavy, dull, degenerate mind. --Dryden. Neither [is] his ear heavy, that it can not hear. --Is. lix. 1. 5. Strong; violent; forcible; as, a heavy sea, storm, cannonade, and the like. 6. Loud; deep; -- said of sound; as, heavy thunder. But, hark! that heavy sound breaks in once more. --Byron. 7. Dark with clouds, or ready to rain; gloomy; -- said of the sky. 8. Impeding motion; cloggy; clayey; -- said of earth; as, a heavy road, soil, and the like. 9. Not raised or made light; as, heavy bread. 10. Not agreeable to, or suitable for, the stomach; not easily digested; -- said of food. 11. Having much body or strength; -- said of wines, or other liquors. 12. With child; pregnant. [R.] {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. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Permanent way}, the roadbed and superstructure of a finished railway; -- so called in distinction from the contractor's temporary way. {Permanent white} (Chem.), barium sulphate ({heavy spar}), used as a white pigment or paint, in distinction from white lead, which tarnishes and darkens from the formation of the sulphide. Syn: Lasting; durable; constant. See {Lasting}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Barite \Ba"rite\, n. (Min.) Native sulphate of barium, a mineral occurring in transparent, colorless, white to yellow crystals (generally tabular), also in granular form, and in compact massive forms resembling marble. It has a high specific gravity, and hence is often called {heavy spar}. It is a common mineral in metallic veins. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Barytes \Ba*ry"tes\, n. [Gr. [?] heavy: cf. Gr. [?] heaviness, F. baryte.] (Min.) Barium sulphate, generally called {heavy spar} or {barite}. See {Barite}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Heavy spar \Heav"y spar`\ (Min.) Native barium sulphate or barite, -- so called because of its high specific gravity as compared with other non-metallic minerals. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
{Permanent way}, the roadbed and superstructure of a finished railway; -- so called in distinction from the contractor's temporary way. {Permanent white} (Chem.), barium sulphate ({heavy spar}), used as a white pigment or paint, in distinction from white lead, which tarnishes and darkens from the formation of the sulphide. Syn: Lasting; durable; constant. See {Lasting}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Barite \Ba"rite\, n. (Min.) Native sulphate of barium, a mineral occurring in transparent, colorless, white to yellow crystals (generally tabular), also in granular form, and in compact massive forms resembling marble. It has a high specific gravity, and hence is often called {heavy spar}. It is a common mineral in metallic veins. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Barytes \Ba*ry"tes\, n. [Gr. [?] heavy: cf. Gr. [?] heaviness, F. baryte.] (Min.) Barium sulphate, generally called {heavy spar} or {barite}. See {Barite}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Heavy spar \Heav"y spar`\ (Min.) Native barium sulphate or barite, -- so called because of its high specific gravity as compared with other non-metallic minerals. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hobgoblin \Hob"gob`lin\, n. [See 2d Hob, and {Goblin}.] A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow. --Macaulay. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Huffcap \Huff"cap`\, n. A blusterer; a bully. [Obs.] -- a. Blustering; swaggering. [Obs.] --Bp. Hall. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Hypaspist \Hy*pas"pist\, n. [Gr. [?].] (Gr. Antiq.) A shield-bearer or armor-bearer. --Mitford. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Turbot \Tur"bot\, n. [F.; -- probably so named from its shape, and from L. turbo a top, a whirl.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A large European flounder ({Rhombus maximus}) highly esteemed as a food fish. It often weighs from thirty to forty pounds. Its color on the upper side is brownish with small roundish tubercles scattered over the surface. The lower, or blind, side is white. Called also {bannock fluke}. (b) Any one of numerous species of flounders more or less related to the true turbots, as the American plaice, or summer flounder (see {Flounder}), the halibut, and the diamond flounder ({Hypsopsetta guttulata}) of California. (c) The filefish; -- so called in Bermuda. (d) The trigger fish. {Spotted turbot}. See {Windowpane}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hephzibah, GA (city, FIPS 38040) Location: 33.28728 N, 82.10605 W Population (1990): 2466 (935 housing units) Area: 36.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 30815 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Hobbsville, NC Zip code(s): 27946 | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Hephzibah my delight is in her. (1.) The wife of Hezekiah and mother of king Manasseh (2 Kings 21:1). (2.) A symbolical name of Zion, as representing the Lord's favour toward her (Isa. 62:4). | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Hephzibah, my delight is in her |