Both Uses
ponderous
in
Dr. Heidegger's Experiment
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- The greatest curiosity of the study remains to be mentioned; it was a ponderous folio volume, bound in black leather, with massive silver clasps.†
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- But without waiting for a reply, Dr. Heidegger hobbled across the chamber, and returned with the same ponderous folio, bound in black leather, which common report affirmed to be a book of magic.†
Definitions:
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(1)
(ponderous) large or of great weight; or slow and unwieldy -- especially because of size
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boring -- especially because of length - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)