Part 5187

<hw>Heart"wood`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as <i>duramen</i>, and distinguished from the softer <i>sapwood</i> or <i>alburnum</i>.</def>

<h1>Heart-wounded</h1> <Xpage=679>

<hw>Heart"-wound`ed</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Wounded to the heart with love or grief.</def>

<i>Pope.</i>

<h1>Hearty</h1> <Xpage=679>

<hw>Heart"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Heartier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Heartiest</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the heart; warm; cordial; bold; zealous; sincere; willing; also, energetic; active; eager; <as>as, a <ex>hearty</ex> welcome; <ex>hearty</ex> in supporting the government.</as></def>

<blockquote>Full of <b>hearty</b> tears For our good father's loss. <i>Marston.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak; <as>as, a <ex>hearty</ex> timber</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Promoting strength; nourishing; rich; abundant; <as>as, <ex>hearty</ex> food; a <ex>hearty</ex> meal.</as></def>

<syn>Syn. -- Sincere; real; unfeigned; undissembled; cordial; earnest; warm; zealous; ardent; eager; active; vigorous.</syn> <usage> -- <er>Hearty</er>, <er>Cordial</er>, <er>Sincere</er>. <i>Hearty</i> implies honesty and simplicity of feelings and manners; <i>cordial</i> refers to the warmth and liveliness with which the feelings are expressed; <i>sincere</i> implies that this expression corresponds to the real sentiments of the heart. A man should be <i>hearty</i> in his attachment to his friends, <i>cordial</i> in his reception of them to his house, and <i>sincere</i> in his offers to assist them.</usage>

<h1>Hearty</h1> <Xpage=679>

<hw>Heart"y</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Hearties</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def> Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; -- a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors.</def>

<i>Dickens.</i>

<h1>Heartyhale</h1> <Xpage=679>

<hw>Heart"y*hale`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Good for the heart.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Heat</h1> <Xpage=679>

<hw>Heat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>hete</ets>, <ets>h\'91te</ets>, AS. <ets>h<?/tu</ets>, <ets>h<?/to</ets>, fr. <ets>h\'bet</ets> hot; akin to OHG. <ets>heizi</ets> heat, Dan. <ets>hede</ets>, Sw. <ets>hetta</ets>. See <er>Hot</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire, the sun's rays, mechanical action, chemical combination, etc., becomes directly known to us through the sense of feeling. In its nature heat is a mode if motion, being in general a form of molecular disturbance or vibration. It was formerly supposed to be a subtile, imponderable fluid, to which was given the name <i>caloric</i>.</def>

<note>&hand; As affecting the human body, heat produces different sensations, which are called by different names, as heat or sensible heat, warmth, cold, etc., according to its degree or amount relatively to the normal temperature of the body.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The sensation caused by the force or influence of heat when excessive, or above that which is normal to the human body; the bodily feeling experienced on exposure to fire, the sun's rays, etc.; the reverse of <i>cold</i>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>High temperature, as distinguished from low temperature, or cold; <as>as, the <ex>heat</ex> of summer and the cold of winter; <ex>heat</ex> of the skin or body in fever, etc.</as></def>

<blockquote>Else how had the world . . . Avoided pinching cold and scorching <b>heat</b>! <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Indication of high temperature; appearance, condition, or color of a body, as indicating its temperature; redness; high color; flush; degree of temperature to which something is heated, as indicated by appearance, condition, or otherwise.</def>

<blockquote>It has raised . . . <b>heats</b> in their faces. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>heats</b> smiths take of their iron are a blood-red <b>heat</b>, a white-flame <b>heat</b>, and a sparking or welding <b>heat</b>. <i>Moxon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A single complete operation of heating, as at a forge or in a furnace; <as>as, to make a horseshoe in a certain number of <ex>heats</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A violent action unintermitted; a single effort; a single course in a race that consists of two or more courses; <as>as, he won two <ex>heats</ex> out of three</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Many causes . . . for refreshment betwixt the <b>heats</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote> struck off at one <b>heat</b> the matchless tale of "Tam o'Shanter." <i>J. C. Shairp.</i></blockquote>