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heave the horizontal displacement of rock strata at a fault heave [hēv] (geology) The horizontal component of the slip, measured at right angles to the strike of the fault. (mining engineering) A rising of the floor of a mine caused by its being too soft to resist the weight on the pillars. A predominantly upward movement of the surface of the soil due to expansion or displacement. (oceanography) The motion imparted to a floating body by wave action. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Well, it was noble to see Launcelot and the boys swarm up onto that scaffold and heave sheriffs and such overboard. A devoted Monarchist, Hutchinson would heave no sigh for the subversion of the original republican government, the purest that the world had seen, with which the colony began its existence. And he and Redruth backed with a great heave that sent her stern bodily under water. |
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