What is the meaning of 26 HEAVE. Phrases containing 26 HEAVE
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Heaves is slang for an attack of vomiting.
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The original entry related to the term 4/6 heave which related to moving a fixed object belonging to (I believe) the Royal Navy (could be the RAF), one had to obtain a work order which was numbered 46. So when a group of squaddies (that's another one)were moving something, to make sure they all lifted at the same time someone called out. "4/6, Heave".However, it turns out the term is actually 2, 6 heave!"It's a naval expression, originally used when gun crews pulled the cannon in or out of the gun port. The 2 and the 6 related to the numbers of the men that were to pull- gunner 2 and gunner 6. Never heard it at school but my Dad, being a sailor, used it all the time. Normally shortened to just "2! 6!If anyone can add to this - or to the 4/6 heave story, please do.
Heaven and hell is British military slang for a shell.Heaven and hell is London Cockney rhyming slang for a smell.
To come in sight, to appear. A nautical phrase that originated with approaching vessels which appeared to raise or heave itself above the horizon.
Old heave ho is British slang for dismissal, rejection.
Heavens above is London Cockney rhyming slang for love.
Scoring 26 points in a throw
See 2/6 heave
Adj. Worn out, exhausted. Also often combined with out or up. E.g."I'm shagged out after my 26 mile run."
Heavenly is slang for valium.
Scoring 26 point in a throw by hitting a single 5, single 20 and a single 1
Heavenly bliss is London Cockney rhyming slang for kiss.
n holiday that follows Christmas Day (December 26). A public holiday in the U.K., Australia, New Zealand and Canada, and various other countries that the U.K. once owned. More properly known as St. StephenÂ’s Day. Takes its name, rather disappointingly, from the fact that employers used to celebrate it by giving their employees gifts. In boxes. I was going to make something up here but my mind went blank.
Scoring 26 points in one throw when hitting a single 20, a single 1 and a single 5 (a British term)
Anal copulation. May 26-1697-The Massachusetts Bay colony revised its sodomy laws. The name was changed from "sodomy" to "buggery," and it was lumped together with bestiality. Both remained capital crimes.
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adv.
In a manner resembling that of heaven.
a & adv.
Toward heaven.
v. t.
To force from, or into, any position; to cause to move; also, to throw off; -- mostly used in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the ship ahead.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Heaven
a.
Having the thoughts and affections placed on, or suitable for, heaven and heavenly objects; devout; godly; pious.
a.
Appropriate to heaven in character or happiness; perfect; pure; supremely blessed; as, a heavenly race; the heavenly, throng.
v. t.
To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh.
n.
One who, or that which, heaves or lifts; a laborer employed on docks in handling freight; as, a coal heaver.
adv.
By the influence or agency of heaven.
n.
Any place of supreme happiness or great comfort; perfect felicity; bliss; a sublime or exalted condition; as, a heaven of delight.
n.
The sovereign of heaven; God; also, the assembly of the blessed, collectively; -- used variously in this sense, as in No. 2.
imp. & p. p.
of Heaven
a.
Pertaining to, resembling, or inhabiting heaven; celestial; not earthly; as, heavenly regions; heavenly music.
n.
The state or quality of being heavenly.
n.
The condition of rarefaction, or reduction of pressure below that of the atmosphere, in a vessel, as the condenser of a steam engine, which is nearly exhausted of air or steam, etc.; as, a vacuum of 26 inches of mercury, or 13 pounds per square inch.
v. t.
To render like heaven or fit for heaven.
n.
A measure of liquids, containing a hundred liters; equal to a tenth of a cubic meter, nearly 26/ gallons of wine measure, or 22.0097 imperial gallons. As a dry measure, it contains ten decaliters, or about 2/ Winchester bushels.
n.
A mass of iron on which the operation of smelting has failed of its intended effect; -- so called from Shadrach, one of the three Hebrews who came forth unharmed from the fiery furnace of Nebuchadnezzar. (See Dan. iii. 26, 27.)
v. t.
To place in happiness or bliss, as if in heaven; to beatify.
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