Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who or that which heaves or lifts.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight.
  • noun (Naut.) A bar used as a lever.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver.
  • noun A bar used as a lever.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a workman who heaves freight or bulk goods (especially at a dockyard)
  • noun a bar used as a lever (as in twisting rope)

Etymologies

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heave +‎ -er

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Examples

  • The Bretta was less pricy, a bit heaver but comes up real nice.

    Benelli Ultra Light 2009

  • The Bretta was less pricy, a bit heaver but comes up real nice.

    Benelli Ultra Light 2009

  • The Bretta was less pricy, a bit heaver but comes up real nice.

    Benelli Ultra Light 2009

  • The Bretta was less pricy, a bit heaver but comes up real nice.

    Benelli Ultra Light 2009

  • IE: expand more quickly than a bigger heaver pill expending more enegry into the target,. while the bigger heavier bullet expends "terminal energy" in a tree or rock out yonder.

    The "Infallible" Shoulder Shot 2009

  • IE: expand more quickly than a bigger heaver pill expending more enegry into the target,. while the bigger heavier bullet expends "terminal energy" in a tree or rock out yonder.

    The "Infallible" Shoulder Shot 2009

  • Same 180 grain and they're only about 17.00 a box but they are a bonded bullet that won't come apart on heaver muscled game like black bear.

    Hello, I am new to the forum. 2009

  • Same 180 grain and they're only about 17.00 a box but they are a bonded bullet that won't come apart on heaver muscled game like black bear.

    Hello, I am new to the forum. 2009

  • The Bretta was less pricy, a bit heaver but comes up real nice.

    Benelli Ultra Light 2009

  • The Bretta was less pricy, a bit heaver but comes up real nice.

    Benelli Ultra Light 2009

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