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ce included between these folds of the pleura, called the mediastinal space, contains the heart and gives passage to the esophagus and great blood vessels.

ous contemplation; reflection; musing. Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight. Ps. xix. 14.

To commit to memory; to learn by heart.

knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net. A golden mesh to entrap the hearts of men. Shak.

od table instead of good provisions; we read Virgil, that is, his poems; a man has a warm heart, that is, warm affections.

n; -- usually in a good sense. A certain critical hour which shall... try what mettle his heart is made of. South. Gentlemen of brave mettle. Shak. The winged courser, like a generous horse, Shows most true mettle when you check his course. Pope. To put one one's mettle, to cause or incite one to use one's best efforts…

ng rest, will also want of might Spenser. Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. Deut. vi. 5. With might and main. See under 2d Main.

Possessing might; having great power or authority. Wise in heart, and mighty in strength. Job ix. 4.

Mild; tame; spiritless. Has friendship such a faint and milky heart Shak. Milky Way. (Astron.) See Galaxy, 1.

idence and courage; to impart fear to; to make irresolute; -- usually said of the mind or heart, and followed by the objective personal pronoun. So doth my heart misgive me in these conflicts What may befall him, to his harm and ours. Shak. Such whose consciences misgave them, how ill they had deserved. Milton.…

his sense. Dryden. Mist flower (Bot.), a composite plant (Eupatorium coelestinum), having heart-shaped leaves, and corymbs of lavender-blue flowers. It is found in the Western and Southern United States.

A woman regarded with love and devotion; she who has command over one's heart; a beloved object; a sweetheart. [Poetic] Clarendon.

sembling a miter; as, the mitral valve between the left auricle and left ventricle of the heart.

To soften by making moist; to make tender. It moistened not his executioner's heart with any pity. Fuller.

ty of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground. With sweet science mollified their stubborn hearts. Spenser.

Having a single heart, as fishes and amphibians. -- n.

ors; a morbid constitution; a morbid state of the juices of a plant. "Her sick and morbid heart." Hawthorne.

lse to any action; internal activity. Let a good man obey every good motion rising in his heart, knowing that every such motion proceeds from God. South.

Spoken without sincerity; not heartfelt. "Mouth-made vows." Shak.

urbid with mud; cloudy in mind; dull; stupid; also, immethodical; incoherent; vague. Cold hearts and muddy understandings. Burke. Dost think I am so muddy, so unsettled. Shak.