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mposed of, abounding in, or resembling, flint; as, a flinty rock; flinty ground; a flinty heart. Flinty rockFlinty state, a siliceous slate; -- basanite is here included. See Basanite.

ther, and used as a protection to ships riding at anchor to leeward. Knight. -- Floating heart (Bot.), a small aquatic plant (Limnanthemum lacunosum) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water of American ponds. -- Floating island, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard with floating masses of whipped cream or w…

or to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to pursue; to prosecute. I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them. Ex. xiv. 17.

A sweetheart; a beau. [Colloq.] A. Trollope.

tenderness. Cyrus made no . . . amorous fondling To fan her pride, or melt her guardless heart. Mickle.

In a fond manner; affectionately; tenderly. My heart, untarveled, fondly turns to thee. Goldsmith.

er liking; strong appetite, propensity, or relish; as, he had a fondness for truffles. My heart had still some foolish fondness for thee. Addison.

o acts contrary to moral and religious wisdom; a wicked person. The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Ps. xiv. 1.

nce; to make violent effort; to strive; to endeavor. Forcing with gifts to win his wanton heart. Spenser.

ward conviction of, as of a calamity which is about to happen; to augur despondingly. His heart forebodes a mystery. Tennyson. Sullen, desponding, and foreboding nothing but wars and desolation, as the certain consequence of Cæsar's death. Middleton. I have a sort of foreboding about him. H. James.

ve foreknowledge of; to prognosticate; to foretell. Your looks foreshow You have a gentle heart. Shak. Next, like Aurora, Spenser rose, Whose purple blush the day foreshows. Denham.

Front stick of a hearth fire.

To fail to keep an obligation. [Obs.] I will have the heart of him if he forfeit. Shak.

a barbed point, as of an arrow. Let it fall . . . though the fork invade The region of my heart. Shak. A thunderbolt with three forks. Addison.

is formed; structure; construction; conformation; form; as, the peculiar formation of the heart.

rtion; scheme; structure; constitution; system; as, a frameof government. She that hath a heart of that fine frame To pay this debt of love but to a brother. Shak. Put your discourse into some frame. Shak.

ng or uniting as brothers. I hope that no French fraternization . . . could so change the hearts of Englishmen. Burke.

Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent. My hands are guilty, but my heart is free. Dryden.

in any practice; habitual; persistent. He has been loud and frequent in declaring himself hearty for the government. Swift.

v., and From afar, under Afar, adv. Sudden partings such as press The life from out young hearts. Byron.