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    In sailing, heaving to (to heave to and to be hove to) is a way of slowing a sailing vessel's forward progress, as well as fixing the helm and sail positions...
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  • Look up heave or heaving in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Heave or heaving may refer to: Heave (translational motion), one of the translational degrees...
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    Frost heaving (or a frost heave) is an upwards swelling of soil during freezing conditions caused by an increasing presence of ice as it grows towards...
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  • mounted on a heaving platform. Techniques include active heave compensation and passive heave compensation—the two traditional types of heave compensation—as...
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  • A parasternal heave, lift, or thrust is a precordial impulse that may be felt (palpated) in patients with cardiac or respiratory disease. Precordial impulses...
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  • "Heave Away" (also Heave Away, My Johnny) is a traditional sea shanty, with origins unknown. The earliest print version of the song is from a collection...
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    A heaving line knot is a family of knots which are used for adding weight to the end of a rope, to make the rope easier to throw. In nautical use, a heaving...
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    Heaval is the highest hill on the Outer Hebridean island of Barra, Scotland. The highest point is 383 metres high above sea level and it is located 1.5 km...
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  • Heave Ho is a platform party video game developed by Le Cartel Studio and published by Devolver Digital. In Heave Ho, players must navigate their characters...
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  • Active heave compensation (AHC) is a technique used on lifting equipment to reduce the influence of waves upon offshore operations. AHC differs from Passive...
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  • Up In A Heaval is a fantasy novel by British-American writer Piers Anthony, the twenty-sixth book of the Xanth series. Umlaut Sesame Magician Humfrey Demoness...
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  • Ice shove, a heave of ice from an ocean or large lake onto the shore. Frost heaving, an upwards swelling of soil during freezing conditions caused by an...
    246 bytes (70 words) - 19:55, 28 December 2019
  • "Two, six, heave" is a phrase used to coordinate seamen's pulling. As used by sailors, the person at the front of the team will typically call out the...
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  • Passive heave compensation is a technique used to reduce the influence of waves upon lifting and drilling operations. A simple passive heave compensator...
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  • Retching (redirect from Dry heave)
    Retching (also known as dry heaving) is the reverse movement (retroperistalsis) of the stomach and esophagus without vomiting. It can be caused by bad...
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  • the middle third "doesn't justify that heaving runtime". Nevertheless, he thought the film "a fitting end to the Craig era". Kyle Smith of National Review...
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  • Balanced heave compensation (BHC) is a heave compensation technology engaging the principle of a balanced-arm lamp for offshore motion compensation. The...
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  • volume of gas. A heave compensator is a kind of motion compensator that compensates for movement in only one direction. Examples of heave compensators include:...
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  • The Vermont Frost Heaves were a professional basketball team in Vermont, United States, that last played in the Premier Basketball League, last coached...
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  • priestly dues or heave offering, is a type of offering in Judaism. The word is generally used for offerings to God, but can also refer to gifts to a human. The...
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