Heart

härt, n. the organ in animal systems that circulates the blood: the vital, inner, or chief part of anything: the seat of the affections, ., esp. love: the affections: courage: vigour: secret meaning or design: that which resembles a heart: a person, esp. as implying courage or affectionate ne —a term of endearment or encouragement: anything heart-shaped, esp. that one of the four suits in a pack of cards bearing a heart in red.— v.t. to encourage, hearten.— v.i. to form a compact head, as a plant.— ns. Heart′ache , sorrow: anguish; Heart′-beat , a pulsation of the heart: a throb of emotion, a thought; Heart′-blood , blood of the heart: life, e ence; Heart′-bond , in masonry, a bond in which one header overlaps two others; Heart′-break , a sorrow or grief.— v.t. to break the heart of.— n. Heart′-break′er , a flirt: a curl, love-lock.— adjs. Heart′-break′ing , crushing with grief or sorrow; Heart′-brok′en , intensely afflicted or grieved.— ns. Heart′burn , a burning, acrid feeling, said to be due to the irritation of the upper end of the stomach by the fumes of its acrid contents: cardialgia: Heart′burning , discontent: secret enmity.— adj. Heart′-dear ( Shak. ), dear to the heart, sincerely beloved.— n. Heart′-disease′ , any morbid condition of the heart, whether of the various ti ues composing it, or of the nervous arrangements governing it.— adjs. Heart′-eas′ing , giving peace to the mind; Heart′ed , having a heart of a specified kind (hard-hearted, .): seated or fixed in the heart, laid up in the heart.— v.t. Heart′en , to encourage, stimulate: to add strength to.— adjs. Heart′-felt , felt deeply: sincere; Heart′free , having the affections free or disengaged.— ns. Heart′-grief , grief or affliction of the heart; Heart′-heav′ine , depre ion of spirits.— adv. Heart′ily , in a hearty manner: cordially: eagerly.— n. Heart′ine , the state or quality of being hearty.— adj. Heart′le , without heart, courage, or feeling.— adv. Heart′le ly .— ns. Heart′le ne ; Heart′let , a little heart.— interj. Heart′ling ( Shak. ), little heart, used in a minced oath.— n. Heart′-quake , trembling, fear.— adjs. Heart′-rend′ing , deeply afflictive: agonising; Heart′-rob′bing ( Spens. ), stealing the affections: bli ful.— ns. Heart′-rot , a disease producing decay in the hearts of trees, caused by the mycelia of various fungi; Heart's′-ease , a common name for the pansy, a species of violet, an infusion of which was once thought to ease the love-sick heart; Heart′-seed , a general name of plants of genus Cardios per mum , esp. the U.S. balloon-vine; Heart′-serv′ice , sincere devotion, as opposed to Eye-service .— adjs. Heart′-shaped , shaped like the human heart; Heart′-sick , pained in mind: depre ed.— n. Heart′-sick′ne .— adjs. Heart′some , exhilarating: merry; Heart′-sore , caused by pain at the heart.— n. ( Spens. ) grief.— n. Heart′-spoon , the depre ion in the breastbone: the breastbone.— adj. Heart′-stir′ring , arousing the heart, exhilarating.— n. Heart′-string , a nerve or tendon supposed to brace and sustain the heart: ( pl. ) affections.— adjs. Heart′-struck ( Shak. ), driven to the heart, deeply fixed in the mind: ( Milt. ) shocked, dismayed; Heart′-swell′ing ( Spens. ), rankling in the heart or mind.— ns. Heart′-wheel , Heart′-cam , a form of cam-wheel used for converting uniform rotary motion into uniform reciprocating motion.— adj. Heart′-whole , whole at heart: unmoved in the affections or spirits.— n. Heart′-wood , the hard inner wood of a tree—also called Duramen .— adjs. Heart′y , full of, or proceeding from, the heart: warm: genuine: strong: healthy; Heart′y-hale ( Spens. ), wholesome or good for the heart.— Heart-and-hand , Heart-and-soul , with complete heartine , with complete devotion to a cause; Heart of hearts , the inmost heart: deepest affections; Heart of oak , a brave, resolute heart.— After my own heart , to my own liking; At heart , in real character: substantially; Break the heart , to die of grief or disappointment: to cause deep grief to any one; By heart , by rote: in the memory; Eat one's heart (see Eat ); Find in one's heart , to be willing or ready to do something; For one's heart , for one's life; Get, Have, by heart , to commit to memory, or to hold in one's memory; Have at heart , to wish earnestly for: to hold in dear esteem; Have one's heart in one's boots, mouth , to be in a state of terror; Lay, Take, to heart , to set one's mind strongly upon: to be deeply moved by something; Out of heart , in low spirits; Set the heart at rest , to become easy in mind; Set the heart upon , to desire earnestly; Speak to the heart ( B. ), to comfort, encourage; Take heart , to be encouraged; Take heart of grace (see Grace ); Take to heart , to be deeply pained at anything; Wear the heart upon the sleeve , to show the feelings, ., openly; With all my heart , most willingly. [A.S. heorte ; Dut. hart , Ger. herz ; cog. with L. cor , cord is , Gr. kardia .]