hefting

• “There was the usual lingering hesitation which is apt to attend the taking-up of any regular or monotonous performance, shown in this instance in the prolonged scrutiny of a pick's point, the solemn selection of a shovel, or the "hefting" or weighing of a tapping-iron or drill.”

  Openings in the Old Trail

• “hefting" and sometimes weighing of birds on the barn scales.”

  A Busy Year at the Old Squire's

• “Well, Ben,' says Sam, kind of hefting his sword out from between his knees, 'as your superior officer I could court-martial you for attempted cowardice and desertion.”

  Options

• “And I'm knackered after three days of hefting and shlepping and sorting and shifting.”

  Off to the USA!

• “He flipped out the inner circle and, hefting the lance, feinted at the ocean.”

  The One Handed Rower of Myonnesus « A Fly in Amber

• ““Yup,” said the surgeon, hefting them, “We can get rid of about 5-6 pounds there.””

  Requiem For A Boob | Her Bad Mother

• “So it's no problem carrying their luggage and hefting it into the trunk.”

  The Huffington Post: Gillian Clark: They're Only Happy When It Rains

• “I'll never own a Kindle," she said, hefting a copy of Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco from her purse.”

  The Huffington Post: Women 2.0: Geek Girls Unite!

• “I collected our marking sticks from the ground, hefting my stone.”

  Simon & Schuster: Fire The Sky

• “So it will be a while yet before Corvus comes online, especially because next week I'm going into hospital for a week to have the torn tendon in my shoulder repaired - hefting all those weighty words, I like to say - and afterwards will be sporting some manner of splint for a fortnight.”

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