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To hear more of (anything) than was intended to be heard; to hear by accident or artifice. Shak.

A large heart-shaped cherry, either black, red, or white.

Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted. Beau. & Fl.

Frank; sincere; artless. Milton. -- Plain"-heart`ed*ness, n.

Any contractile vessel of invertebrates which is not of the nature of a real heart, especially one of those pertaining to the excretory system.

Public-spirited. [R.]

A strong, durable, and elastic wood of a purplish color, obtained from several tropical American leguminous trees of the genus Copaifera (C. pubiflora, bracteata, and officinalis). Used for decorative veneering. See Copaiba.

To hear again; to try a second time; as, to rehear a cause in Chancery.

The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition; specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice, in preparation for a public exhibition or exercise. Chaucer. In rehearsal of our Lord's Prayer. Hooker. Here's marvelous convenient place for our rehearsal. Shak. Dress rehearsal (Theater), a priv…

s what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite. Chaucer. When the words were heard which David spake, they rehearsed them before Saul. 1 Sam. xvii. 31.

One who rehearses.

Having a right heart or disposition. -- Right"-heart`ed*ness, n.

Incapable of deep feeling. Tennyson.

To cut, clip, or sever anything from with shears or a like instrument; as, to shear sheep; to shear cloth.

See under Shear.

The black skimmer. See Skimmer.

See Shard. [Obs.]

One who shears. Like a lamb dumb before his shearer. Acts viii. 32.

The act or operation of clipping with shears or a shearing machine, as the wool from sheep, or the nap from cloth.