Part 761

Heart"bro`ken (-br`k'n), a. Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved.

Heart"burn` (-b˚rn`), n. (Med.) An uneasy, burning sensation in the stomach, often attended with an inclination to vomit. It is sometimes idiopathic, but is often a symptom of other complaints.

Heart"burned` (-b˚rnd`), a. Having heartburn. Shak.

Heart"burn`ing (-b˚rn`ng), a. Causing discontent.

Heart"burn`ing, n. 1. (Med.) Same as Heartburn.

2. Discontent; secret enmity. Swift.

The transaction did not fail to leave heartburnings.

Palfrey.

Heart"dear` (-dr`), a. Sincerely beloved. [R.] Shak.

Heart"deep` (-dp`), a. Rooted in the heart. Herbert.

Heart"-eat`ing (-t`ng), a. Preying on the heart.

Heart"ed, a. 1. Having a heart; having (such) a heart (regarded as the seat of the affections, disposition, or character).

2. Shaped like a heart; cordate. [R.] Landor.

3. Seated or laid up in the heart.

I hate the Moor: my cause is hearted.

Shak.

This word is chiefly used in composition; as, hard- hearted, faint-hearted, kind-hearted, lion- hearted, stout-hearted, etc. Hence the nouns hard- heartedness, faint-heartedness, etc.

Heart"ed*ness, n. Earnestness; sincerity; heartiness. [R.] Clarendon.

See also the Note under Hearted. The analysis of the compounds gives hard-hearted + -ness, rather than hard + heartedness, etc.

Heart"en (h‰rt"'n), v. t. [From Heart.] 1. To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden.

Hearten those that fight in your defense.

Shak.

2. To restore fertility or strength to, as to land.

Heart"en*er (-r), n. One who, or that which, heartens, animates, or stirs up. W. Browne.

Heart"felt` (-flt`), a. Hearty; sincere.

Heart"grief` (-grf`), n. Heartache; sorrow. Milton.

Hearth (h‰rth), n. [OE. harthe, herth, herthe, AS. heor; akin to D. haard, heerd, Sw. h‰rd, G. herd; cf. Goth. ha˙ri a coal, Icel. hyrr embers, and L. cremare to burn.] 1. The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stove.

There was a fire on the hearth burning before him.