Heart grief

Anguish or affliction of the heart. Hearth, ( härth,) n. [A.S. hearth, said to be from Her tha, Earth, worshipped as a godde by northern nations, whose name was given to the place on which the home fire was kindled, and also to the house itself; Ger. hord; O. Ger. hert; D. haard. Perhaps, however, the true derivation is from Goth. hauri, a coal, akin to Icel. hyr, fire, to the Sansk. of the Vedas, háras, a flame, and to Heb. ar, to shine, to kindle.] A pavement or floor of brick or stone in a chimney, on which a fire is made; as, a cricket on the hearth. "Fires unraked, and hearths unswept." - Shaks. -A house or dwelling-place, as the abode of comfort to its inmates, and of entertainment to guests; as, a hospitable hearth . (Metallurgy.) That part of a smelting-furnace where the metal accumulates, and where it is finally separated from the impurities which may be present in the ores; it is situated at the bottom of the furnace a little above the mouth and the tuyeres. The term is also applied to part of an open furnace, where the metal is exposed to the action of fire.