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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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KIND-HEARTED a.

aving kindness of nature; sympathetic; characterized by a humane disposition; as, a kind-hearted landlord. To thy self at least kind-hearted prove. Shak.

KIND-HEARTEDNESS n.

The state or quality of being kind-hearted; benevolence.

LADIES' EARDROPS n.

The small-flowered Fuchsia (F. coccinea), and other closely related species.

Using a noose, as a gladiator. [Obs. or R.] Retiary and laqueary combatants. Sir T. Browne.

LARGE-HEARTED a.

Having a large or generous heart or disposition; noble; liberal. -- Large"-heart`ed*ness, n.

Having large, pendent ears. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

. Bissextile; a year containing 366 days; every fourth year which leaps over a day more than a common year, giving to February twenty-nine days. See Bissextile.

LEAR v. 4 definitions

To learn. See Lere, to learn. [Obs.]

LEARN v. 3 definitions

nstruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acquire understanding of, or skill; as, to learn the way; to learn a lesson; to learn dancing; to learn to skate; to learn the violin; to learn the truth about something. "Learn to do well." Is. i. 17. Now learn a parable of the fig tree. Matt. xxiv. 32.…

Such as can be learned.

Of or pertaining to learning; possessing, or characterized by, learning, esp. scholastic learning; erudite; well-informed; as, a learned scholar, writer, or lawyer; a learned book; a learned theory. The learnedlover lost no time. Spenser. Men of much reading are greatly learned, but may be little knowing. Locke. Words…

One who learns; a scholar.

LEARNING n. 2 definitions

The acquisition of knowledge or skill; as, the learning of languages; the learning of telegraphy.

Weary of living. Shak.

The distance over which light can travel in a year's time; -- used as a unit in expressing stellar distances. It is more than 63,000 times as great as the distance from the earth to the sun.

LIGHT-HEARTED a.

Free from grief or anxiety; gay; cheerful; merry. -- Light"-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Light"-heart"ed*ness, n.

LINEAR a. 2 definitions

Like a line; narrow; of the same breadth throughout, except at the extremities; as, a linear leaf. Linear differential (Math.), an equation which is of the first degree, when the expression which is equated to zero is regarded as a function of the dependent variable and its differential coefficients. -- Linear equatio…

LINEAR-SHAPED a.

Of a linear shape.

LINEARENSATE a.

Having the form of a sword, but very long and narrow.