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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.

Rankling in, or swelling, the heart. "Heartswelling hate." Spenser.

The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum.

Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the heart; warm; cordial; bold; zealous; sincere; willing; also, energetic; active; eager; as, a hearty welcome; hearty in supporting the government. Full of hearty tears For our good father's loss. Marston.

Good for the heart. [Obs.]

Having a wicked, malignant disposition; morally bad.

A heart-shaped cherry with a very dark-colored skin.

the spirits depressed or crushed by grief or despair. She left her husband almost broken-hearted. Macaulay.

See Cheer.

Timid; fearful; cowardly. Bunyan.