eager hearted

Of eager heart. "Every dog is eager-hearted, All the four are in the race." Icel.ægir Sterne: Letters, No. 71. B. As pron.: Every one of a number taken or considered separately. "Let each IMG:content-0693.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0694.png:[blocks in formation] "Hunger will enforce them to be more eager ." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt. I. , i. 2. (2) Of things: "What shrill-voiced suppliant makes this eager cry?" Shakesp.: Richard II ., v. 3. "Like an eagre rode in triumph o'er the tide." Dryden: Threnodia August a lis, 135.