Heat

het, n. Caloric; the force, agent, or principle in nature which renders bodies solid, fluid, or aeriform, and which we perceive through the sense of feeling; sensation caused by caloric, when present in exce ; high temperature, as disting. fr. low temperature, or cold; indication of high temperature; redne ; high color; flush; state of being once heated or hot; a single effort, as in a race; a course; utmost violence, rage, vehemence; agitation of mind, exasperation; animation in thouglit or discourse; ardor; fermentation; sexual excitement in animals. — v. t. To make hot, communicate heat to, — said of inanimate objects; also of animals, to excite by action, or make feverish; also of the pa ions, to inflame, excite. — v. i. To grow hot by the action of fire, by fermentation, or by chemical action. — Heafer, n. One who, or that which heats.