Part 5183

<i>Herbert.</i>

<h1>Heart-eating</h1> <Xpage=678>

<hw>Heart"-eat`ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Preying on the heart.</def>

<h1>Hearted</h1> <Xpage=678>

<hw>Heart"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Having a heart; having (such) a heart (regarded as the seat of the affections, disposition, or character).</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Shaped like a heart; cordate.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Landor.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Seated or laid up in the heart.</def>

<blockquote>I hate the Moor: my cause is <b>hearted</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; This word is chiefly used in composition; as, hard-<i>hearted</i>, faint-<i>hearted</i>, kind-<i>hearted</i>, lion-<i>hearted</i>, stout-<i>hearted</i>, etc. Hence the nouns hard-<i>hearted</i>ness, faint-<i>hearted</i>ness, etc.</note>

<h1>Heartedness</h1> <Xpage=678>

<hw>Heart"ed*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Earnestness; sincerity; heartiness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Clarendon.</i>

<note>&hand; See also the Note under <er>Hearted</er>. The analysis of the compounds gives <i>hard-hearted</i> + -<i>ness</i>, rather than <i>hard</i> + <i>heartedness</i>, etc.</note>

<h1>Hearten</h1> <Xpage=678>

<hw>Heart"en</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Heart</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden.</def>

<blockquote><b>Hearten</b> those that fight in your defense. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To restore fertility or strength to, as to land.</def>

<h1>Heartener</h1> <Xpage=678>

<hw>Heart"en*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, heartens, animates, or stirs up.</def>

<i>W. Browne.</i>

<h1>Heartfelt</h1> <Xpage=678>

<hw>Heart"felt`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Hearty; sincere.</def>

<h1>Heartgrief</h1> <Xpage=678>

<hw>Heart"grief`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Heartache; sorrow.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Hearth</h1> <Xpage=678>

<hw>Hearth</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>harthe</ets>, <ets>herth</ets>, <ets>herthe</ets>, AS. <ets>heor<?/</ets>; akin to D. <ets>haard</ets>, <ets>heerd</ets>, Sw. <ets>h\'84rd</ets>, G. <ets>herd</ets>; cf. Goth. <ets>ha\'a3ri</ets> a coal, Icel. <ets>hyrr</ets> embers, and L. <ets>cremare</ets> to burn.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def>