Dictionary: HEAT – HEC

• HEAT
n. 1. 1570 obs. – a quarrel, an angry dispute
n. 2. 1689 obs. – passionateness, excitability, ardour of temperament
n. 3. 1899 Amer. dial. – a heat rash, prickly heat  
n. 4. 1912 US sl. – a drug-induced state of intoxication  
n. 5. 1929 sl., orig. US – a gun  
n. 6. 1937 sl., orig. US – a police officer
n. 7. 1937 sl., orig. US – the police
vb. 1606 obs. rare – to keep a place ‘warm’ by frequenting it
 
• HEAT BLANKET
n. Bk1913-17 Amer. dial. – a pocket of dead, superheated air
 
• HEAT BUG
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a cicada  
 
• HEAT-DROPS
n. 1. 1651 – raindrops  
n. 2. 1663 – tears  
n. 3. 1887 – drops of sweat  
 
• HEATED
adj. 1593 – impassioned, angry; inflamed, excited  
 
• HEATEN
vb. 1. c1400-2 obs. – to become hot 
vb. 2. 1559 obs. – to heat, to make hot or warm
 
• HEATER
n. 1929 sl., orig. US – a gun  
 
• HEATFUL
adj. 1591 rare – full of heat or warmth
 
• HEATH
n. 1625 obs. – part of a garden left more or less in the wild state
 
• HEATH-CROPPER
n. 1819 – a sheep or pony living on open heath or down; hence, a person who inhabits a heath  
 
• HEATHEN CHINEE
n. 1870 Amer. dial. – a Chinese person, esp. one regarded as devious and cunning  
 
• HEATHEN CHINESE
n. 1968 Amer. dial. – a Chinese person, esp. one regarded as devious and cunning  
 
• HEATHENESS
n. 1876 rare – a female heathen; a heathen woman
 
• HEATHENESSE
n. c900 arch. – the quality or condition of being heathen; the belief and practice of the heathen 
 
• HEATHENHEDE
n. a1300 obs. – the domain or realm of the heathen; heathen people collectively; the heathen world 
 
• HEATHENHOOD
n. c1275 obs. – the belief and practice of the heathen
 
• HEATHENIC
adj. 1554 obs. – pagan  
 
• HEATHENOUS
adj. 1613 obs. rare – heathen
 
• HEATHENSHIP
n. a1000 obs. – heathenism, heathendom
 
• HEATHENY
adj. 1580 obs. rare  – heathen, heathenish
 
• HEATHER-CAT
n. 1886 – a vagabond, a tramp  
 
• HEATING-OUT
n. 1969 Amer. dial. – a severe scolding or heated discussion  
 
• HEATS
n. 1390 – a hot period or season  
 
• HEAT-SPOT
n. 1822-34 – a red spot on the skin, a freckle  
 
• HEAVE
n. a1571 – a lift; an effort to lift or move something, a push, a shove, pressure; a swelling or rising up; rhythmical rising and falling, as of waves, the breast, etc.; an effort to vomit; a throw 
vb. 1. c825 obs. – to raise, to exalt, to elevate in feeling, dignity, etc.; to extol
vb. 2. 971 now arch. or Eng. dial. – to lift, to raise, to bear up  
vb. 3. c1200 obs. – to lift a child from the font (formerly the duty of a sponsor at baptism); hence, to baptize, to christen
vb. 4. c1205 obs. – to remove, to shift to another place 
vb. 5. a1240 obs. – to lift and take away; to carry off; to remove 
vb. 6. c1325 obs. – to rise, to mount, to come up, to spring up 
vb. 7. c1374 obs. – to put forth effort; to endeavour, to labour, to strive
vb. 8. c1400 obs. – to rouse the feelings of; to agitate; to urge, to press 
vb. 9. c1400 obs. – to be moved or agitated in mind; to feel vexation 
vb. 10. 1567 thieves’ cant obs. – to ‘lift’, to rob
vb. 11. 1601 – to make an effort to vomit, to retch; to feel loathing  
 
• HEAVE ANCHOR
vb. 1925 US nautical sl. – to die
 
• HEAVE AND SET
vb. 1509 – to rise and fall, as a floating object upon the waves  
 
• HEAVE AND SHOVE
n. 1600 obs. – great exertion or effort
 
• HEAVE A PROJECT
vb. 1908 Amer. dial. – to cast a spell  
 
• HEAVE AT
vb. 1. 1535 obs. – to aim at, to strive after
vb. 2. 1546 obs. – to threaten an attack upon; to take up a position of hostility to; to oppose
 
• HEAVE HO!
int. a1400 – a cry of sailors in heaving the anchor up., etc 
vb. 1964 – (as ‘heave-ho’) to lift with force  
 
• THE HEAVE-HO
n. 1944 sl., orig. US – dismissal  
 
• HEAVE IN SIGHT
vb. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – to appear; to become visible  
 
• HEAVELLED UP
adj. 1950 Amer. dial. – confused, mixed up  
 
• HEAVEN
n. 1. c1374 – a state of bliss or supreme felicity 
n. 2. 1377 – a place of supreme bliss  
n. 3. 1486 – a canopy; the covering over a stage  
n. 4. 1600 obs. – a model showing the motions of the heavenly bodies; an orrery, a planetarium
n. 5. 19C Brit. sl. – the female genitals  
n. 6. 1967 Amer. dial. – the upper balcony in a theatre  
vb. 1627-47 – to render supremely happy  
 
• HEAVEN AND EARTH
int. a1777 – expresses surprise, horror, etc. 
n. c1000 – the universe 
 
• HEAVEN-BLISS
n. a1300 obs. – the bliss of heaven
 
• HEAVEN DUST
n. E20 US drug culture sl. – cocaine  
 
• HEAVENLY
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – excellent; first-rate  
 
• HEAVENLY BLUE
n. 1. M20 US drug culture sl. – the drug LSD
n. 2. M20 US drug culture sl. – a colour variety of morning glory seeds used as a hallucinogenic agent  
 
• HEAVEN-BOW
n. c1320 obs. – a rainbow
 
• HEAVEN-BURSTER
n. 1865 – a foreigner, as having broken in from another world outside  
 
• HEAVEN-DIRECTED
adj. 1732 – directed or pointing towards the sky  
 
• HEAVEN-GAZER
n. 1535 – one who gazes at the sky, who studies the stars; an astrologer  
 
• HEAVEN-HIGH
adj. a1000 – reaching or piercing the clouds; very lofty 
 
• HEAVENHOOD
n. 1878 rare – heavenly quality or character; heavenliness
 
• HEAVENISH
adj. c1374 obs. – pert. to heaven; celestial, heavenly
 
• HEAVENIZE
vb. a1656 rare – to render heavenly
 
• HEAVEN-KING
n. 971 obs. – King of heaven; applied to God or Christ  
 
• HEAVENLY DAY!
int. 1924 Amer. dial. – an expression of joy, surprise, or annoyance  
 
• HEAVENLY DAYS!
int. 1924 Amer. dial. – an expression of joy, surprise, or annoyance
 
• HEAVENLY-MINDED
adj. a1656 – having the thoughts and affections set on things above; holy, devout 
 
• HEAVEN-QUEEN
n. c1230 obs. – the queen of heaven; a title of the Virgin Mary
 
• HEAVEN-REACHER
n. E20 US sl. – a clergyman  
 
• HEAVENRIC
n. 971 obs. – the kingdom of heaven; heaven as the place of the blessed
 
• HEAVENRICH
n. 971 obs. – the kingdom of heaven; heaven as the place of the blessed
 
• HEAVENS
int. 1588 – expresses surprise, horror, etc.  
adv. 1878 colloq. – an intensifier  
 
• HEAVENS TO BETSY!
int. 1891 Amer. dial. – an expression of joy, surprise, or annoyance  
 
• HEAVENWARE
n. c1000 obs. – the inhabitants of heaven
 
• HEAVE ONE’S COOKIES
vb. 1954 Amer. sl. – to vomit  
 
• HEAVE ONE’S LEG
vb. 20C US euphemism – to urinate  
 
• HEAVER
n. 1. 1696 – a labourer employed in landing goods at a dockyard  
n. 2. 17C cant – the breast or bosom  
n. 3. 1968 Amer. dial. – a horse that is short of breath  
 
• HEAVES
n. 1. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – asthma  
n. 2. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – tuberculosis
n. 3. 20C colloq. – a bout of retching or vomiting  
 
• THE HEAVES
n. 1793 Amer. dial. – shortness of breath  
 
• HEAVE-SHOULDERED
adj. 1599 obs. rare – with raised shoulders; high-shouldered
 
• HEAVE THE GORGE
vb. 1604 – to make an effort to vomit; to retch  
 
• HEAVE TO
n. 1967 Amer. dial. – energy  
vb. 1967 Amer. dial. – to hurry, to exert oneself energetically, to start working very hard 
 
• HEAVE UP JONAH
vb. 19C US colloq. – to vomit from one’s depths  
 
• HEAVE UP ONE’S BOOTHEELS
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to vomit profusely  
 
• HEAVE UP ONE’S BOOTS
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to vomit profusely  
 
• HEAVE UP ONE’S SHOELACES
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to vomit profusely
 
• HEAVE UP ONE’S SHOE SOLES
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to vomit profusely
 
• HEAVE UP ONE’S SHOE-TOPS
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to vomit profusely
 
• HEAVE UP ONE’S TOENAILS
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to vomit violently
 
• HEAVE UP ONE’S TOES
vb. 1965 Amer. dial. – to vomit violently
 
• HEAVIES
n. M20 US drug culture sl. – hard or ‘heavy’ drugs; potent or illegal drugs  
 
• HEAVILY
adv. c1000 obs. or arch. – with sorrow, grief, displeasure, or anger; grievously  
 
• HEAVILY CONKED TO THE BONE
phr. 1960s Amer. sl. – said of well-groomed hair
 
• HEAVINESS
n. 1. c950 obs. – a grievance
n. 2. c1275 obs. – sadness, grief
n. 3. c1386 obs. – enraged feeling, displeasure, anger
 
• HEAVISOME
adj. 1435 obs. exc. Eng. dial. – of heavy mood, doleful, sad, dejected; dull, gloomy, dark  
 
• HEAVISOMELY
adv. 1382 obs. – sadly
 
• HEAVITY
n. c1400 obs. – heaviness of heart; sorrow, sadness
 
• HEAVY
adj. 1. c825 obs. – of persons: oppressive; troublesome, annoying; angry; severe, violent
adj. 2. c1300 obs. – slow of understanding, inapprehensive, dull, stupid
adj. 3. c1375 – great with young, pregnant  
adj. 4. 1583 – of the sky, clouds, etc.: overcast with dark clouds; lowering, gloomy  
adj. 5. 1864 Amer. dial. – short-winded, asthmatic  
adj. 6. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – important  
adv. 1. c1000 – heavily; ponderously; massively; burdensomely, oppressively  
adv. 2. c1380 obs. – with displeasure or anger
adv. 3. 1563 obs. – gravely, seriously
adv. 4. 1701 – with laborious movement; slowly, sluggishly; laboriously  
n. 1. 1823 sl. – beer  
n. 2. 1847 – a stage wagon for the conveyance of goods  
n. 3. 1936 sl. – a strongly built man employed to intimidate others with violence, or threats of violence  
n. 4. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – a nickname for a fat person  
vb. 1. c825 obs. – to make heavy, burdensome, or oppressive
vb. 2. c897 obs. – to weigh down; to burden; to oppress, to grieve, to distress
vb. 3. a1000 obs. – to become heavy through weariness or grief
 
• THE HEAVY ARTILLERY
n. 1916 colloq. – ‘bigwigs’; very important persons  
 
• HEAVY CASE
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – an infatuation  
 
• HEAVY-CEAVY
adj. 1874 Eng. dial. – unsteady, trembling in the balance; uncertain, undetermined, doubtful, wavering, precarious  
 
• HEAVY-CLAY
n. 1869 – an agricultural labourer  
 
• HEAVY CRUSH
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – an infatuation  
 
• HEAVY CRUSH-ON
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – an infatuation
 
• HEAVY DOER
n. Bk1942 Amer. turf sl. – a race horse that’s a heavy eater  
 
• HEAVY FATHER
n. c1510 obs. – a troublesome or evil friend; an enemy
 
• HEAVY-FOOTED
adj. 20C US colloq. – pregnant  
 
• HEAVY FRIEND
n. 1554 obs. – a troublesome or evil friend; an enemy
 
• HEAVY-GRUBBER
n. 1861 – a hearty eater, a glutton
 
• HEAVY-HANDED
adj. 1. 1828 – clumsy; not active or dexterous  
adj. 2. 1883 – oppressive; overbearing  
 
• HEAVYHEAD
n. 1399 rare – a dull, stupid fellow
 
• HEAVY-HEADED
adj. 1. 1552 – drowsy, sleepy  
adj. 2. 1590 – dull, stupid  
 
• HEAVY-HEARTED
adj. c1400 – grieved, sad, melancholy  
 
• HEAVY HILL
n. 1577 obs. – the way to the gallows
 
• HEAVYINGLY
adv. 1434 obs. rare – heavily, severely
 
• HEAVY JOINT
n. M20 US drug culture sl. – marijuana with the drug PCP added to it  
 
• HEAVY-LADEN
adj. 1611 – weighed down with trouble, weariness, etc.; oppressed  
 
• HEAVY MASH-ON
n. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – an infatuation  
 
• HEAVY-NECKING
n. 20C US colloq. – kissing and caressing sexually, involving anything up to copulation  
 
• HEAVY-PETTING
n. 20C US colloq. – kissing and caressing sexually, involving anything up to copulation
 
• HEAVY SUGAR
n. 1926 US sl. – a large amount of money  
 
• HEAVY SWELL
n. 1830 – a man of showy or impressive appearance; one dressed in the height of fashion  
 
• HEAVY-TAILED
adj. B1900 Eng. dial. – having much wealth: referring to the magnitude of wealth a prospective bride may possess  
 
• HEAVYWEIGHT
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – important  
n. 1857 – a person of importance; one of much influence  
 
• HEAVY WET
n. 1821 sl. – beer  
 
• HEBAWDE
n. 1513 Sc. obs. rare – an owl
 
• HEBBERMAN
n. 1715 obs. – one who fishes on the Thames
 
• HEBDOMAD
n. 1. 1545 obs. – the number seven viewed collectively; a group composed of seven
n. 2. 1600 – the space of seven days, a week  
 
• HEBDOMADAL
adj. 1. 1613 obs. – consisting of or lasting seven days  
adj. 2. 1711 – meeting, taking place, or appearing once a week; weekly  
adj. 3. 1796 – changing every week; fickle, changeable  
n. 1835 – a periodical appearing once a week, a ‘weekly’  
 
• HEBDOMADALLY
adv. 1816 – one a week, weekly  
 
• HEBDOMADE
n. 1. 1545 obs. – the number seven viewed collectively; a group composed of seven
n. 2. 1600 – the space of seven days, a week  
 
• HEBDOMATICAL
 adj. a1659 obs. rare – weekly; consisting of seven days
 
• HEBE
n. 1932 Amer. dial., derogatory – a Jew
 
• HE BEATS AKEYBO
phr. M19 sl. – he acts in an extreme manner
 
• HE-BODY
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a woman of masculine appearance  
 
• HEBRAEAN
n. E16 obs. – a Jew
 
• HEBREW
n. E17 colloq. – unintelligible speech
 
• HEBREW HOPPERS
n. 1960s US college sl. – sandals  
 
• HECATE
n. L16 – a hag, a witch
 
• HECATONTAD
n. 1680 obs. rare – a hundred
 
• HECCO
n. 1604 obs. – the woodpecker
 
• HECK
int. 1887 – an exclamation of mild annoyance, anger, dismay, etc.  
n. 1. 1898 Sc. – a crutch
n. 2. L19 colloq. – euphemism for ‘hell’, expressing anger, annoyance, etc., or merely emphatic  
n. 3. Bk1902 Sc. – a whore
vb. 1. 1873 Eng. dial. – to hop on one leg; to play hopscotch
vb. 2. 1892 Eng. dial. – to make a noise with one’s throat
vb. 3. 1898 Sc. – to limp, to halt
vb. 4. Bk1902 Sc. – to lay hold of hurriedly; to grab
 
• HECKABIRNIE
n. Bk1902 Sc. – a lean, feeble creature
 
• HECKAPURDES
n. 1825 Sc. – the state of a person when alarmed by any sudden danger or calamity; a quandary
 
• HECKER
n. 1. 1904 Amer. dial. – a rustic or countrified person  
n. 2. 1967 Amer. dial. – a remote or out-of-the-way place  
 
• HECKETT
n. 1867 Eng. dial. – a fuss
 
• HECKIE
n. Bk1902 Sc. – a cripple; one who uses a crutch in walking
 
• HECKIEBIRNIE
n. 1825 Sc. – a substitute for ‘hell’ or the infernal regions
 
• HECKITY
adj. Bk1942 Amer. sl. – boorish; rustic  
 
• HECKITY-BED
n. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – the game of hopscotch
 
• HECKLE
n. 1. 1790 Eng. dial. – an icicle  
n. 2. 1847 Eng. dial. – busy interference; intrusive meddling; impertinence
n. 3. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – complexion
vb. 1. 1892 Sc. – to hobble
vb. 2. 1895 Eng. dial. – to fight; to flog
vb. 3. E19 Eng. dial. – to chastise, to scold
 
• HECKIEBARNEY
n. 1825 Sc. – a substitute for ‘hell’ or the infernal region
 
• HECKLEBIRNIE
n. 1825 Sc. – a substitute for ‘hell’ or the infernal regions
 
• HECKLED
adj. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – complexioned, coloured
 
• HECKLER
n. 1. 1824 Sc. – a good fighter; one who chastises
n. 2. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a claw
n. 3. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a female brawler or scold; a hard master
n. 4. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – a good eater; one with a good appetite
 
• HECKLE-TEMPERED
adj. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – short-tempered, hasty, touchy
 
• HECKLING
adj. 1893 Sc. – teasing, provoking to anger
n. 1891 Sc. & Eng. dial. – a severe scolding; a dispute
 
• HECKS
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – pain suffered through fear or passion
 
• HECK-SHELL
n. 1873 Eng. dial. – the game of hopscotch
 
• HECKSTER
n. Bk1902 Sc. – a cripple; one who uses a crutch in walking
 
• HE COULDN’T HEM A PIG IN A ONE-FOOT DITCH
phr. 1968 Amer. dial. – said of a bowlegged person, or of one whose legs are uneven or not right  
 
• HE COULDN’T HEM UP A HOG IN A DITCH WITH A SACK BETWEEN HIS LEGS
phr. 1968 Amer. dial. – said of a bowlegged person, or of one whose legs are uneven or not right
 
• HE COULDN’T HEM UP A PIG IN A RAIL FENCE
phr. 1968 Amer. dial. – said of a bowlegged person, or of one whose legs are uneven or not right  
 
• HECTIC
adj. 1968 Amer. dial. – of the weather: unpleasant, windy, cloudy  
 
• HECTOR
int. 1966 Amer. dial. – hell!  
n. 1. M17 – a swaggering fellow; a braggart; a bully
n. 2. 1968 Amer. dial. – a rustic or countrified person  
vb. M17 – to intimidate by bluster or threats; to domineer over, to bully; to play the bully; to brag, to bluster; to domineer
 
• HECTOR HELLBONES
n. Bk1902 Eng. dial. – an unruly boy