Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: HEART'I-NESS – HEART'-STRING
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HEART'I-NESS, n.
- Sincerity; zeal; ardor; earnestness.
- 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.
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.
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.
- Depriving of thought; ecstatic. Spenser.
- Stealing the heart; winning. Ibm.
HEART'S'-BLOOD, or HEART'-BLOOD, n.
The blood of the heart; life; essence. Shak.
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.
Sickening the heart. E. Everett.
HEART'-SORE, a.
Deeply wounded. Shak.
HEART'-SORE, n.
That which pains the heart. Spenser.
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.