Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HEART'-BROK-EN, a.

Deeply afflicted or grieved.

HEART'-BU-RI-ED, a.

Deeply immersed. Young.

HEART'-BURN, n.

Cardialgy; a disease or affection of the stomach, attended with a sensation of heat and uneasiness.

HEART'-BURN-ED, a.

Having the heart inflamed. Shak.

HEART'-BURN-ING, a.

Causing discontent. Middleton.

HEART'-BURN-ING, n.

1. 1. Heart-burn, – which see.
2. Discontent; secret enmity. Swift.

HEART'-CHILL-ED, a.

Having the heart chilled. Shenstone.

HEART'-CON-SUM-ING, a.

Destroying peace of mind.

HEART'-COR-ROD-ING, a.

Preying on the heart.

HEART'-DEAR, a.

Sincerely beloved. Shak,

HEART'-DEEP, a.

Rooted in the heart. Herbert.

HEART-DIS-COUR'A-GING, a. [See Courage.]

Depressing the spirits. South.

HEART-EASE, n.

Quiet; tranquillity of mind. Shak.

HEART-EAS-ING, a.

Giving quiet to the mind. Milton.

HEART-EAT-ING, a.

Preying on the heart. Burton.

HEART'ED, a.

1. Taken to heart. [Not used.] Shak.
2. Composed of hearts. [Not used.] Shak.
3. Laid up in the heart. Shak. This word is chiefly used in composition; as, hard-hearted, faint-hearted, stout-hearted, &c.

HEART'EN, v.t. [h'artn.]

1. To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate courage. Sidney.
2. To restore fertility or strength to; as, to hearten land. [Little used.] May.

HEART'EN-ER, n.

He or that which gives courage or animation. Brown.

HEART-EN-LI'VEN-ING, a.

Enlivening the heart.

HEART-EX-PAND'ING, a.

Enlarging the heart; opening the feelings. Thomson.

HEART'-FELT, a.

Deeply felt; deeply affecting, either as joy or sorrow.

HEART'-GRIEF, n.

Affliction of the heart. Milton.

HEART-GRIND'ING, a.

Grinding the heart. Mrs. Butler.

HEARTH, n. [harth; Sax. heorth; G. herd; Dan. haard; Sw. härd. Qu. its connection with earth, which must have been the primitive hearth.]

A pavement or floor of brick or stone in a chimney, on which a fire is made to warm a room, and from which there is a passage for the smoke to ascend.

HEART'-HARD-EN-ED, a.

Obdurate; impenitent; unfeeling. Harmer.