gentle hearted

Of a gentle, mild, or tender heart or disposition. gentle-thistle, s. Bot.: A name given by Dr. J. Hill to Carduus pratensis and Sau urea alpina from their thistle like inflorescence and smooth foliage. gen-tle, s. [Etym. doubtful.] A maggot or larva of the flesh-fly, used in fishing. "He will in the three hot months bite at a flag-worm, or at a green gentle." - Walton: Angler. gentle, v. t. [GENTLE, a.] To make gentle or genteel; to raise in rank; to ennoble. "He to-day that sheds his blood with me, Shall be my brother; be he never so vile, This day shall gentle his condition." Shakesp.: Henry V., iv. 3.