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To hear beforehand.

The forward extension of the hearth of a blast furnace under the tymp.

iceps raninus), having a large flat head; -- also called tadpole fish, and lesser forked beard.

To reject or renounce upon oath; hence, to renounce earnestly, determinedly, or with protestations. I . . . do forswear her. Shak.

One who rejects of renounces upon oath; one who swears a false oath.

To weary extremely; to dispirit. [Obs.] Spenser.

A hole in the earth to which a fox resorts to hide himself.

Open; frank; unreserved; liberal; generous; as, free-hearted mirth. -- Free"-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Free"-heart`ed*ness, n.

Full of courage or confidence. Shak.

Clothing; garments; ornaments. Array thyself in thy most gorgeous gear. Spenser.

f an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; as, the valve gearing of locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery. Frictional gearing. See under Frictional. -- Gearing chain, an endless chain transmitted motion from one sprocke…

The chief of a family or tribe.

Having a kind or gentle disposition. Shak. -- Gen"tle-heart`ed*ness, n.

Having a reverential and loving feeling towards God; religious. A brave good-fearing man. Tennyson.

The venereal disease; -- often used as a mild oath. [Obs.] Shak.

An old man. Shak.

High-spirited; fearless. [Obs.] Clarendon.

The quality of being greathearted; high-mindedness; magnanimity.

Imperfectly or partly heard to the end. And leave half-heard the melancholy tale. Pope.

Wanting in heart or spirit; ungenerous; unkind. B. Jonson.