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Hearty; in good spirits. [Low, Eng.] Dickens.

To inclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish. Bosom up my counsel, You'll find it wholesome. Shak.

ly. Another bounces as hard as he can knock. Swift. Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart. Dryden.

Sharp passion; vexation. [Obs.] Heart-burning brame. Spenser.

oal, or coke with clay, molasses, tar, or other suitable substance. It is used for lining hearths, crucibles, etc. Called also steep.

om Brazil and other tropical countries, for cabinet-work, and for dyeing. The best is the heartwood of Cæsalpinia echinata, a leguminous tree; but other trees also yield it. An interior sort comes from Jamaica, the timber of C. Braziliensis and C. crista. This is often distinguished as Braziletto , but the better kind…

To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief; as, my heart is breaking.

ught and self- consciousness, or of secrets; the seat of the affections and passions; the heart. He has a loyal breast. Shak.

tuating its special or distinctive characteristics by inheritance. Twice fifteen thousand hearts of England's breed. Shak. Greyhounds of the best breed. Carpenter.

ful; as, to brighten one's prospects. An ecstasy, which mothers only feel, Plays round my heart and brightens all my sorrow. Philips.

Contrition; as, brokenness of heart.

A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person. An ill-natured brute of a husband. Franklin.

Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant disposition; buoyant spirits. -- Buoy"ant*ly, adv.

anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes. My burdened heart would break. Shak.

ation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion. Who is it that admires, and from the heart is attached to, national representative assemblies, but must turn with horror and disgust from such a profane burlesque and abominable perversion of that sacred institute Burke.

e of lively emotion or strong desire; as, the face burns; to burn with fever. Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way Luke xxiv. 32. The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water. Shak. Burning with high hope. Byron. The groan still deepens, and the combat burns. Pope.…

active. Busy hammers closing rivets up. Shak. Religious motives . . . are so busy in the heart. Addison.

ess the conjunctive and adversative force of the Greek But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; . . . the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him. Luke xii. 45, 46. But if, unless. [Obs.] Chaucer. But this I read, that but if remedy Thou her afford, full shortly…

on. "With calm attention." Pope. Such calm old age as conscience pure And self-commanding hearts ensure. Keble.

Gay or rich clothing. My heart groans beneath the gay caparison. Smollett.