HEAVES
\hˈiːvz], \hˈiːvz], \h_ˈiː_v_z]\
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A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind.
By Oddity Software
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A disease of horses, characterized by difficult breathing, with heaving of the flank, wheezing, flatulency, and a peculiar cough; broken wind.
By Noah Webster.
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Pulmonary emphysema in the horse, marked by difficult expiration and sometimes a cough; broken wind, asthma.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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A disease of horses, characterised by difficult and laborious respiration.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A disease of horses: heaving the log, using the log to ascertain the rate the ship is going at: to heave to, to bring a ship's head to the wind and stop her motion: to heave in sight, to make its first appearance.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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