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HEART-HEAVINESS, f. Heavinefs of heart.—By 
fo much the more fit all I to-morrow be at the height of 
heart-heavinefs. Shakefpeare. 
HEART-QUELLING, adj. Conquering the#ffeCtion: 
And let fair Venus, that is queen of love, 
With her heart-quelling fon, upon you fmile. Spenfer. 
HEART-RENDING, adj. Killing with anguilh : 
Heart-rending news, and dreadful to thofe few 
Who her refemble, and her fteps purfue; 
That death fliould licence have to rage among 
The fair, the wife, the virtuous;, and the young. Waller. 
HEART-ROBBING, adj. Ecftatic; depriving of 
thought. Obfolete. 
Sweet is thy virtue, as thyfelf fweet art; 
For when on me thou fhinedft, late in fadnefs, 
A melting pleafance ran through every part, 
And me revived with heart-robbing gladnefs. Spenfer. 
HEART-SEED,yiinbotany. See Cardiospermum. 
HEART-SICK, adj. Pained in mind.—If we be heart, 
figk, or affiiCted with an uncertain foul, then we are true 
defirers of relief and mercy. Taylor. —Mortally ill; hurt 
in the heart: 
Good Romeo, hide thyfelf. 
—Not I, unlefs the breath of keart-fick groans 
Mift-like, infold me from the fearch of eyes. Shakefpeare. 
HEART-SORE, f. That which pains the mind : 
Wherever he that godly knight may find. 
His only heart-fore and his only foe. Spenfer. 
HEART-SORROWING, adj. Sorrowing at heart: 
You cloudy princes, and keartforrowing peers. 
Now cheer each other in each other’s love. Shakefpeare. 
To HEART-STRIKE, v.a. To affeCt at heart: 
If they feek to heart-Jlrihe us, 
That are fpeCtators, with their mifery. B. Jonfon. 
HEART-STRING, f The tendons or nerves fup- 
pofed to brace and fuftain the heart.—If thou thinkeft 
thou fhalt perilh, I cannot blame thee to be fad ’till thy 
heart-firings crack.- Taylor. 
Here’s the fatal wound 
That tears my heart-firings ; but he Ihall be found, 
My arms Ihall hold him. Granville. 
HEART-STRUCK, adj. Driven to the heart; in¬ 
fixed for ever in the mind : 
Who is with him ?. 
.—-None but the fool who labours to out-jeft 
His heart-flruck injuries. Shakefpeare. 
.Shocked with fear or difmay : 
He added not; for Adam, at the news, 
Heartflruck, with chilling gripe of forrow flood. Milton. 
HEART-SWELLING, adj. Rankling in the mind : 
Drawn into arms, and proof of mortal fight, 
Through proud ambition and heart-fwelling hate. Spenfer. 
HEART-WHOLE, adj. With the affeCtions yet un¬ 
fixed.—Cupid hath clapt him o’ th’ fhoulder; but I’ll 
warrant him heart-whole. Shakefpeare.— With the vitals 
yet unimpaired. 
HEART-WOUNDED, adj. Filled with paffion of 
love or grief: 
Meantime the queen, without reflection due, 
Heart-wounded , to the bed of ftate withdrew. Pope. 
HEART-WOUNDING, adj. Filling with grief: 
With a fhriek heart-wounding loud Ihe cried, 
While down her cheeks the gulhing torrents ran. Rowe. 
HEART'ED, adj. Taken to heart.—My cafe is hearted. 
Skakcfpeare .—Compofed of hearts : 
H E A 
Yield up, O love, thy crown and hearted throne 
To tyrannous hate. Shakefpeare, 
It is now moftly ufed in compofition; as, hard-hearted .< 
He ne’er like bullies, coward -hearted, 
Attacks in public to be parted. Gay. 
To HEART'EN, v.a. To encourage; to animate; to 
ftir up: 
My royal father, cheer thefe noble lords, 
And hearten thole that fight in your defence. Shakefpeare. 
Thus hearten'd well, and flelh’d upon his prey, 
The youth may,prove a man another day. Dryden. 
To meliorate or renovate.with manure ■ 
The ground one year at reft; forget not.then 
With richeft dung to hearten it again.. May's Virgil. 
HEARTH, f The pavement of a room on which a 
fire is made; the ground under the chimney : 
Good luck befriend thee, fon; for at thy birth 
The fairy ladies danc’d upon the hearth. Milton. 
The vanquifh’d fires withdraw from.every place; 
Or, full with feeding, fink into a deep: 
Each houfehold genius fiiews again its face, 
And from the hearths'the. little lares creep. Dryden. 
HEARTH-MONEY, f. A tax levied by flat. 14 Car. 
II. c. 2. It was productive of great difcontent, and in 
confequence thereof abolifhed. 
HEAR'TILY, adv. From the heart; fully : 
I beat no malice for my death ; 
But thofe who fought it I could with more Chriftians; 
Be what they will, I heartily forgive them. Shakefpeare. 
Sincerely ; adtively; diligently; vigoroufly.—Where his 
judgment led him to oppofe men on a public account, 
he would do it vigoroufly and heartily, yet the oppofi- 
tion ended there. Atterbury. —Eagerly ; with defire.—As 
for my eating heartily of the food, know that anxiety has 
hindered my eating ’till this moment. Addifon. 
HEAR'TINESS,/ Sincerity; freedomfromhypocrify:. 
This entertainment may a free face put on ; 
Derive a liberty from heartmefs, 
And well become the agent. Shakefpeare. 
Vigour; eagernefs.—The anger of an enemy reprefent* 
our faults, or admonilhes us of our duty, with more 
heartinefs than the kindnefs of a friend. Taylor. 
HEART'LESS, adj. Without courage; fpiritlefs.— 
Thoufands befides flood mute and heartlefs. Cowley. 
Heartlefs they fought, and quitted foon their ground. 
While our’s with eafy victory were crown’d. Dryden. 
HEART'LESSLY, adv. Without courage; faintly; 
timidly. 
HEART'LESSNESS, f. Want of courage or fpirit ; 
dejeCtion of mind. 
HEAR'T Y, adj. Sincere; undiflembled; warm; zeal¬ 
ous.—They did not bring that hearty inclination to peace 
which they would have done. Clarendon. 
But the kind holts their entertainment grace 
With hearty welcome and an open face ; 
In all they did, you might difcern with eafe 
A willing mind, and a defire to pleafe. Dryden. 
In full health. Vigorous; ftrong : 
Whofe laughs are hearty, though his jefts are coarfe. 
And loves you belt of all things, but his horfe. Pope. 
Strong; hard ; durable.—Oak and the like true hearty 
timber, being ftrong in all pofitions, may be better 
trulted in crofs and tranfverfe work. Wotton. 
HEAR'TY-HALE, adj. Good for the heart: 
Vein-healing verven, and head-purging dill, 
Sound favory, and bafil hearty-hale. Spenfer. 
HEAT, 
