- A blow; a smart stroke. - A squall; also, a heavy fall of rain. - To strike; to slap. - A wrought-iron plate from which a gun barrel or pipe is made
by bending and welding the edges together, and drawing the thick tube
thus formed.
- Crushing (defeat) - Difficult to lift - Hard to lift - Of great weight - Weighty - Having the heaves. - 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.