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Light of heart; vivacious; sprightly; flippant; superficial. "Merry and airy." Jer. Taylor.

A withdrawing or estrangement, as of the affections. The alienation of his heart from the king. Bacon.

y up for yourselves treasures in heaven . . . for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. Matt. vi. 20.

A pastoral sweetheart. To sport with Amaryllis in the shade. Milton.

To dismay; to dishearten; to daunt. [Obs. or Archaic] The Silures, to amate the new general, rumored the overthrow greater than was true. Milton.

ingdom of God. John ii. 3. Rhemish Trans. To say amen to, to approve warmly; to concur in heartily or emphatically; to ratify; as, I say Amen to all.

Possessing sweetness of disposition; having sweetness of temper, kind-heartedness, etc., which causes one to be liked; as, an amiable woman.

of a child; -- so called because the friends of the parents carried the child around the hearth and then named it.

A yellowish oily volatile liquid, C5H11NO2, used in medicine as a heart stimulant and a vasodilator. The inhalation of its vapor instantly produces flushing of the face.

nook. Into the utmost angle of the world. Spenser. To search the tenderest angles of the heart. Milton.

r to my just belief, I 'll remember you. Shak. As in water face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man. Pro

A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed in them), shall that heart, etc.

The principal star in Scorpio: -- called also the Scorpion's Heart.

A dangerous inflammatory swelling of a horse's breast, just opposite the heart.

In any measure; anywise; at all. Mine old good will and hearty affection towards you is not . . . anything at all quailed. Robynson (More's Utopia).

The great artery which carries the blood from the heart to all parts of the body except the lungs; the main trunk of the arterial system.

to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart. The house of peers was somewhat appalled at this alarum. Clarendon.

Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart.

y; to engage and employ diligently, or with attention; to attach; to incline. Apply thine heart unto instruction. Prov. xxiii. 12.

A mountainous and picturesque district of Greece, in the heart of the Peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished for contentment and rural happiness.