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3. Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel. "The heartless parasites." Byron.

-- Heart"less*ly, adv. -- Heart"less*ness, n.

Heart"let (-lt), n. A little heart.

Heart"lings (-lngz), interj. An exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance. [Obs.] Shak.

Heart"pea` (-p`), n. (Bot.) Same as Heartseed.

Heart"quake` (-kwk`), n. Trembling of the heart; trepidation; fear.

In many an hour of danger and heartquake.

Hawthorne.

Heart"rend`ing (-rnd`ng), a. Causing intense grief; overpowering with anguish; very distressing.

Heart"-rob`bing (-rb`bng), a. 1. Depriving of thought; ecstatic. "Heart-robbing gladness." Spenser.

2. Stealing the heart or affections; winning.

Heart's"-ease` (h‰rts"z`), n. 1. Ease of heart; peace or tranquillity of mind or feeling. Shak.

2. (Bot.) A species of violet (Viola tricolor); -- called also pansy.

Heart"seed` (h‰rt"sd`), n. (Bot.) A climbing plant of the genus Cardiospermum, having round seeds which are marked with a spot like a heart. Loudon.

Heart"shaped` (-shpt`), a. Having the shape of a heart; cordate.

Heart"sick` (-sk`), a. [AS. heortseÛc.] Sick at heart; extremely depressed in spirits; very despondent.

Heart"some (-sm), a. Merry; cheerful; lively. [Scot.]

Heart"-spoon` (-spn`), n. A part of the breastbone. [Obs.]

He feeleth through the herte-spon the pricke.

Chaucer.

Heart"strick`en (-strk`'n), a. Shocked; dismayed.

Heart"strike` (-strk`), v. t. To affect at heart; to shock. [R.] "They seek to heartstrike us." B. Jonson.

Heart"string` (-strng`), n. A nerve or tendon, supposed to brace and sustain the heart. Shak.

Sobbing, as if a heartstring broke.

Moore.

Heart"struck` (-strk`), a. 1. Driven to the heart; infixed in the mind. "His heartstruck injuries." Shak.

2. Shocked with pain, fear, or remorse; dismayed; heartstricken. Milton.