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Hearty; sincere.

Heartache; sorrow. Milton.

the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stove. There was a fire on the hearth burning before him. Jer. xxxvi. 22. Where fires thou find'st unraked and hearths unswept. There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry. Shak.

Stone forming the hearth; hence, the fireside; home. Chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone. A. Lincoln.

From the heart; with all the heart; with sincerity. I heartily forgive them. Shak.

The quality of being hearty; as, the heartiness of a greeting.

Without a heart. You have left me heartess; mine is in your bosom. J. Webster.

A little heart.

An exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance. [Obs.] Shak.

Same as Heartseed.

Trembling of the heart; trepidation; fear. In many an hour of danger and heartquake. Hawthorne.

Causing intense grief; overpowering with anguish; very distressing.

plant of the genus Cardiospermum, having round seeds which are marked with a spot like a heart. Loudon.

Having the shape of a heart; cordate.

Sick at heart; extremely depressed in spirits; very despondent.

Merry; cheerful; lively. [Scot.]

Shocked; dismayed.

To affect at heart; to shock. [R.] "The seek to heartstrike us." B. Jonson.

A nerve or tendon, supposed to brace and sustain the heart. Shak. Sobbing, as if a hearstring broke. Moore.

Driven to the heart; infixed in the mind. "His heartstruck injuries." Shak.