Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HEART'I-NESS, n.

1. Sincerity; zeal; ardor; earnestness.
2. Eagerness of appetite.

HEART'LESS, a.

Without courage; spiritless; faint-hearted. Heartless they fought, and quitted soon their ground. Dryden.

HEART'LESS-LY, adv.

Without courage or spirit; faintly; timidly; feebly.

HEART'LESS-NESS, n.

Want of courage or spirit; dejection of mind; feebleness. Bp. Hall.

HEART'LET, n.

A little heart.

HEART-OF-FEND'ING, a.

Wounding the heart. Shak.

HEART'-PAIN-ING, a.

Giving pain to the heart.

HEART'-PEA, n.

A plant, the Cardiospermum, with black seeds, having the figure of a heart of a white color on each. Miller.

HEART'-PIERC-ING, a.

Piercing the heart.

HEART-PU'RI-FY-ING, a.

Purifying the heart.

HEART'-QUELL-ING, a.

Conquering the affection. Spenser.

HEART'-REND-ING, a.

Breaking the heart; overpowering with anguish; deeply afflictive. Waller.

HEART'-RIS-ING, n.

A rising of the heart; opposition.

HEART'-ROB-BING, a.

1. Depriving of thought; ecstatic. Spenser.
2. Stealing the heart; winning. Ibm.

HEART'S'-BLOOD, or HEART'-BLOOD, n.

The blood of the heart; life; essence. Shak.

HEART'-SEARCH-ING, a.

Searching the secret thoughts and purposes.

HEART'S'-EASE, n.

A plant, a species of Viola; also a species of Polygonum.

HEART'-SHAP-ED, a.

Having the shape of a heart.

HEART'-SICK, a.

Sick at heart; pained in mind; deeply afflicted or depressed.

HEART-SICK'EN-ING, a.

Sickening the heart. E. Everett.

HEART'-SORE, a.

Deeply wounded. Shak.

HEART'-SORE, n.

That which pains the heart. Spenser.

HEART'-SOR'ROW-ING, a.

Sorrowing deeply in heart. Shak.

HEART'-STIR-RING, a.

Moving the heart.

HEART'-STRING, n.

A hypothetical nerve or tendon, supposed to brace and sustain the heart. Shak. Taylor.