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<blockquote>There was a fire on the <b>hearth</b> burning before him. <i>Jer. xxxvi. 22.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Where fires thou find'st unraked and <b>hearths</b> unswept. There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates and of hospitality to strangers; fireside.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Metal. & Manuf.)</fld> <def>The floor of a furnace, on which the material to be heated lies, or the lowest part of a melting furnace, into which the melted material settles.</def>

<cs><col>Hearth ends</col> <fld>(Metal.)</fld>, <cd>fragments of lead ore ejected from the furnace by the blast.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Hearth money</col>, <col>Hearth penny</col></mcol> <ety>[AS. <ets>heor&edh;pening<ets>]</ety>, a <cd>tax formerly laid in England on hearths, each hearth (in all houses paying the church and poor rates) being taxed at two shillings; -- called also <altname>chimney money</altname>, etc.</cd></cs>

<blockquote>He had been importuned by the common people to relieve them from the . . . burden of the <b>hearth money</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Hearthstone</h1> <Xpage=678>

<hw>Hearth"stone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Stone forming the hearth; hence, the fireside; home.</def>

<blockquote>Chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and <b>hearthstone</b>. <i>A. Lincoln.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Heartily</h1> <Xpage=678>

<hw>Heart"i*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Hearty</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>From the heart; with all the heart; with sincerity.</def>

<blockquote>I <b>heartily</b> forgive them. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>With zeal; actively; vigorously; willingly; cordially; <as>as, he <ex>heartily</ex> assisted the prince</as>.</def>

<cs><col>To eat heartily</col>, <cd>to eat freely and with relish.</cd></cs>

<i>Addison.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Sincerely; cordially; zealously; vigorously; actively; warmly; eagerly; ardently; earnestly.</syn>

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<h1>Heariness</h1> <Xpage=679>

<hw>Hear"i*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being hearty; <as>as, the <ex>heartiness</ex> of a greeting</as>.</def>

<h1>Heartless</h1> <Xpage=679>

<hw>Heart"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Without a heart.</def>

<blockquote>You have left me <b>heartess</b>; mine is in your bosom. <i>J. Webster.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Destitute of courage; spiritless; despodent.</def>

<blockquote><b>Heartless</b> they fought, and quitted soon their ground. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Heartless</b> and melancholy. <i>W. Irwing.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel.</def> "The <i>heartless</i> parasites."

<i>Byron.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Heart"less*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Heart"less*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>