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Heartiness (härtĭnĕs), n. The quality of being hearty; as, the heartiness of a greeting.
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heartleaf n. (Bot.) 1. wild ginger (Asarum shuttleworthii) having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves, growing from Western Virginia to Alabama.
Syn. -- Asarum shuttleworthii.
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2. (Bot.) An evergreen low-growing perennial (Asarum virginicum) having mottled green and silvery-gray heart-shaped pungent leaves, growing from Virginia to South Carolina.
Syn. -- Asarum virginicum.
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Heartless, a. 1. Without a heart.
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You have left me heartless; mine is in your bosom. J. Webster.
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2. Destitute of courage; spiritless; despondent.
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Heartless they fought, and quitted soon their ground. Dryden.
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Heartless and melancholy. W. Irwing.
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3. Destitute of feeling or affection; unsympathetic; cruel. “The heartless parasites.” Byron.

-- Heartlessly, adv. -- Heartlessness, n.
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Heartlet (-lĕt), n. A little heart.
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Heartlings (-lĭngz), interj. An exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance. [Obs.] Shak.
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Heartpea (-pē), n. (Bot.) Same as .
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Heartquake (-kwāk), n. Trembling of the heart; trepidation; fear.
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In many an hour of danger and heartquake. Hawthorne.
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Heartrending (-rĕndĭng), a. Causing intense grief; overpowering with anguish; very distressing.
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Heart-robbing (-rŏbbĭng), a. 1. Depriving of thought; ecstatic. “Heart-robbing gladness.” Spenser.
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2. Stealing the heart or affections; winning.
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Heart's-ease (härtsēz), n. 1. Ease of heart; peace or tranquillity of mind or feeling. Shak.
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2. (Bot.) A species of violet (Viola tricolor), a common and long cultivated European herb from which most common garden pansies are derived; -- called also pansy. [wns=1]
Syn. -- wild pansy, Johnny-jump-up, heartsease, love-in-idleness, pink of my John, Viola tricolor.
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3. (Bot.) A violet of the Pacific coast of North America (Viola ocellata) having white petals tinged with yellow and deep violet. [wns=2]
Syn. -- two-eyed violet, heartsease, Viola ocellata.
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4. (Bot.) A common Old World viola (Viola arvensis) with creamy often violet-tinged flowers. [wns=3]
Syn. -- field pansy, heartsease, Viola arvensis.
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Heartseed (härtsēd), n. (Bot.) A climbing plant of the genus Cardiospermum, having round seeds which are marked with a spot like a heart. Loudon.
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heartshaped, heart-shaped (härtshāpt), a. Having the shape of a heart; cordate; -- of a leaf shape.
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Heartsick (härtsĭk), a. [AS. heortiseóc.] Sick at heart; extremely depressed in spirits; very despondent.
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Heartsome (härtsŭm), a. Merry; cheerful; lively. [Scot.]
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Heart-spoon (härtsp�n), n. A part of the breastbone. [Obs.]
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He feeleth through the herte-spon the pricke. Chaucer.
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Heartstricken (härtstrĭk'n), a. Shocked; dismayed.
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Heartstrike (härtstrīk), v. t. To affect at heart; to shock. [R.] “They seek to heartstrike us.” B. Jonson.
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Heartstring (härtstrĭng), n. A nerve or tendon, supposed to brace and sustain the heart. Shak.
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Sobbing, as if a heartstring broke. Moore.
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Heartstruck (härtstrŭk), a. 1. Driven to the heart; infixed in the mind. “His heartstruck injuries.” Shak.
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2. Shocked with pain, fear, or remorse; dismayed; heartstricken. Milton.
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Heartswelling (härtswĕlĭng), a. Rankling in, or swelling, the heart. “Heartswelling hate.” Spenser.
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heartwarming, heart-warming adj. causing gladness and pleasure; -- used mostly of the actions of people, and sometimes of animals; as, Is there a sight more heart-warming than a family reunion?.
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Heart-whole (härthōl), a. [See .] 1. Having the heart or affections free; not in love. Shak.
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2. With unbroken courage; undismayed.
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3. Of a single and sincere heart; with unconditional commitment or unstinting devotion; as, heart-whole friendship. [wns=1]
Syn. -- wholehearted.
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If he keeps heart-whole towards his Master. Bunyan.
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Heartwood (härtw�d), n. The hard, central part of the trunk of a tree, consisting of the old and matured wood, and usually differing in color from the outer layers. It is technically known as duramen, and distinguished from the softer sapwood or alburnum.
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Heart-wounded (härtw�ndĕd or -woundĕd), a. Wounded to the heart with love or grief. Pope.
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Hearty (härt�), a. [Compar. Heartier (härtĭẽr); superl. Heartiest.] 1. Pertaining to, or proceeding from, the heart; warm; cordial; bold; zealous; sincere; willing; also, energetic; active; eager; as, a hearty welcome; hearty in supporting the government.
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Full of hearty tears
For our good father's loss. Marston.
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2. Exhibiting strength; sound; healthy; firm; not weak; as, a hearty man; hearty timber.
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3. Promoting strength; nourishing; rich; abundant; as, hearty food; a hearty meal.

Syn. -- Sincere; real; unfeigned; undissembled; cordial; earnest; warm; zealous; ardent; eager; active; vigorous. -- , , . Hearty implies honesty and simplicity of feelings and manners; cordial refers to the warmth and liveliness with which the feelings are expressed; sincere implies that this expression corresponds to the real sentiments of the heart. A man should be hearty in his attachment to his friends, cordial in his reception of them to his house, and sincere in his offers to assist them.
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Hearty, n.; pl. Hearties (härtĭz). Comrade; boon companion; good fellow; -- a term of familiar address and fellowship among sailors. Dickens.
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Heartyhale (härthāl), a. Good for the heart. [Obs.]
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Heat (hēt), n. [OE. hete, hæte, AS. hǣtu, hǣto, fr. hāt hot; akin to OHG. heizi heat, Dan. hede, Sw. hetta. See .] 1. A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire, the sun's rays, mechanical action, chemical combination, etc., becomes directly known to us through the sense of feeling. In its nature heat is a mode of motion, being in general a form of molecular disturbance or vibration. It was formerly supposed to be a subtile, imponderable fluid, to which was given the name caloric.
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☞ As affecting the human body, heat produces different sensations, which are called by different names, as heat or sensible heat, warmth, cold, etc., according to its degree or amount relatively to the normal temperature of the body.
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2. The sensation caused by the force or influence of heat when excessive, or above that which is normal to the human body; the bodily feeling experienced on exposure to fire, the sun's rays, etc.; the reverse of cold.
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3. High temperature, as distinguished from low temperature, or cold; as, the heat of summer and the cold of winter; heat of the skin or body in fever, etc.
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Else how had the world . . .
Avoided pinching cold and scorching heat! Milton.
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4. Indication of high temperature; appearance, condition, or color of a body, as indicating its temperature; redness; high color; flush; degree of temperature to which something is heated, as indicated by appearance, condition, or otherwise.
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It has raised . . . heats in their faces. Addison.
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The heats smiths take of their iron are a blood-red heat, a white-flame heat, and a sparkling or welding heat. Moxon.
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5. A single complete operation of heating, as at a forge or in a furnace; as, to make a horseshoe in a certain number of heats.
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6. A violent action unintermitted; a single effort; a single course in a race that consists of two or more courses; as, he won two heats out of three.
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Many causes . . . for refreshment betwixt the heats. Dryden.
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[He] struck off at one heat the matchless tale of “Tam o' Shanter.” J. C. Shairp.
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7. Utmost violence; rage; vehemence; as, the heat of battle or party. “The heat of their division.” Shak.
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8. Agitation of mind; inflammation or excitement; exasperation. “The heat and hurry of his rage.” South.
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9. Animation, as in discourse; ardor; fervency; as, in the heat of argument.
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With all the strength and heat of eloquence. Addison.
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10. (Zoöl.) Sexual excitement in animals; readiness for sexual activity; estrus or rut.
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11. Fermentation.
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12. Strong psychological pressure, as in a police investigation; as, when they turned up the heat, he took it on the lam. [slang]
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Coloq. Animal heat , Coloq. Blood heat , Coloq. Capacity for heat , etc. See under , , etc. -- Coloq. Atomic heat (Chem.), the product obtained by multiplying the atomic weight of any element by its specific heat. The atomic heat of all solid elements is nearly a constant, the mean value being 6.4. -- Coloq. Dynamical theory of heat , that theory of heat which assumes it to be, not a peculiar kind of matter, but a peculiar motion of the ultimate particles of matter. Coloq. Heat engine , any apparatus by which a heated substance, as a heated fluid, is made to perform work by giving motion to mechanism, as a hot-air engine, or a steam engine. -- Coloq. Heat producers . (Physiol.) See under . -- Coloq. Heat rays , a term formerly applied to the rays near the red end of the spectrum, whether within or beyond the visible spectrum. -- Coloq. Heat weight (Mech.), the product of any quantity of heat by the mechanical equivalent of heat divided by the absolute temperature; -- called also thermodynamic function, and entropy. -- Coloq. Mechanical equivalent of heat . See under . -- Coloq. Specific heat of a substance (at any temperature) , the number of units of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit mass of the substance at that temperature one degree. -- Coloq. Unit of heat , the quantity of heat required to raise, by one degree, the temperature of a unit mass of water, initially at a certain standard temperature. The temperature usually employed is that of 0° Centigrade, or 32° Fahrenheit.
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Heat (hēt), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heated; p. pr. & vb. n. Heating.] [OE. heten, AS. hǣtan, fr. hāt hot. See .] 1. To make hot; to communicate heat to, or cause to grow warm; as, to heat an oven or furnace, an iron, or the like.
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Heat me these irons hot. Shak.
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2. To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
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Pray, walk softly; do not heat your blood. Shak.
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3. To excite ardor in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
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A noble emulation heats your breast. Dryden.
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Heat, v. i. 1. To grow warm or hot by the action of fire or friction, etc., or the communication of heat; as, the iron or the water heats slowly.
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2. To grow warm or hot by fermentation, or the development of heat by chemical action; as, green hay heats in a mow, and manure in the dunghill.
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Heat (hĕt), imp. & p. p. of . Heated; as, the iron though heat red-hot. [Obs. or Archaic] Shak.
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heated adj. 1. characterized by great warmth and intensity of feeling; as, a heated argument. Opposite of dispassionate, passionless. [wns=1]
Syn. -- ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, hot, impassioned, perfervid, torrid.
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2. supplied with a mechanism for heating; -- of structures or devices; as, a heated fishing cabin. Opposite of unheated. [wns=2]
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Heater (hētẽr), n. 1. One who, or that which, heats.
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2. Any contrivance or implement, as a furnace, stove, or other heated body or vessel, etc., used to impart heat to something, or to contain something to be heated.
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3. A pistol or other carryable firearm; as, gunmen with their heaters bulging in their pockets. [slang]
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Coloq. Feed heater . See under .
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Heath (hēth), n. [OE. heth waste land, the plant heath, AS. hǣð; akin to D. & G. heide, Icel. heiðr waste land, Dan. hede, Sw. hed, Goth. haiþi field, L. bucetum a cow pasture; cf. W. coed a wood, Skr. kshētra field. √20.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A low shrub (Erica vulgaris or Calluna vulgaris), with minute evergreen leaves, and handsome clusters of pink flowers. It is used in Great Britain for brooms, thatch, beds for the poor, and for heating ovens. It is also called heather, and ling. (b) Also, any species of the genus Erica, of which several are European, and many more are South African, some of great beauty. See Illust. of .
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2. A place overgrown with heath; any cheerless tract of country overgrown with shrubs or coarse herbage.
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Their stately growth, though bare,
Stands on the blasted heath. Milton
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Coloq. Heath cock (Zoöl.), the blackcock. See Heath grouse (below). -- Coloq. Heath grass (Bot.), a kind of perennial grass, of the genus Triodia (Triodia decumbens), growing on dry heaths. -- Coloq. Heath grouse , or Coloq. Heath game (Zoöl.), a European grouse (Tetrao tetrix), which inhabits heaths; -- called also black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl, moor fowl. The male is called heath cock, and blackcock; the female, heath hen, and gray hen. -- Coloq. Heath hen . (Zoöl.) See Heath grouse (above). -- Coloq. Heath pea (Bot.), a species of bitter vetch (Lathyrus macrorhizus), the tubers of which are eaten, and in Scotland are used to flavor whisky. -- Coloq. Heath throstle (Zoöl.), a European thrush which frequents heaths; the ring ouzel.
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Heathclad (-klăd), a. Clad or crowned with heath.
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Heathen (hē�'n; 277), n.; pl. Heathens (-�'nz) or collectively Heathen. [OE. hethen, AS. hǣðen, prop. an adj. fr. hǣð heath, and orig., therefore, one who lives in the country or on the heaths and in the woods (cf. pagan, fr. pagus village); akin to OS. hēðin, adj., D. heiden a heathen, G. heide, OHG. heidan, Icel. heiðinn, adj., Sw. heden, Goth. haiþnō, n. fem. See , and cf. .] 1. An individual of the pagan or unbelieving nations, or those which worship idols and do not acknowledge the true God; a pagan; an idolater.
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2. An irreligious person.
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If it is no more than a moral discourse, he may preach it and they may hear it, and yet both continue unconverted heathens. V. Knox.
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Coloq. The heathen , as the term is used in the Scriptures, all people except the Jews; now used of all people except Christians, Jews, and Mohammedans.
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Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance. Ps. ii. 8.

Syn. -- Pagan; gentile. See .
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Heathen (hē�'n), a. 1. Gentile; pagan; as, a heathen author. “The heathen philosopher.” “All in gold, like heathen gods.” Shak.
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2. Barbarous; unenlightened; heathenish.
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3. Irreligious; scoffing.
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Heathendom (-dŭm), n. [AS. hǣðendōm.] 1. That part of the world where heathenism prevails; the heathen nations, considered collectively.
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2. Heathenism. C. Kingsley.
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Heathenesse (-ĕs), n. [AS. hǣðennes, i. e., heathenness.] Heathendom. [Obs.] Chaucer. Sir W. Scott.
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Heathenish, a. [AS. hǣðenisc.] 1. Of or pertaining to the heathen; resembling or characteristic of heathens. “Worse than heathenish crimes.” Milton.
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2. Rude; uncivilized; savage; cruel. South.
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3. Irreligious; as, a heathenish way of living.
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Heathenishly, adv. In a heathenish manner.
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Heathenishness, n. The state or quality of being heathenish. “The . . . heathenishness and profaneness of most playbooks.” Prynne.
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Heathenism (-ĭz'm), n. 1. The religious system or rites of a heathen nation; idolatry; paganism.
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2. The manners or morals usually prevalent in a heathen country; ignorance; rudeness; barbarism.
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Heathenize (-īz), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Heathenized (-īzd); p. pr. & vb. n. Heathenizing (-īzĭng).] To render heathen or heathenish. Firmin.
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Heathenness, n. [Cf. .] State of being heathen or like the heathen.
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Heathenry (-r�), n. 1. The state, quality, or character of the heathen.
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Your heathenry and your laziness. C. Kingsley.
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2. Heathendom; heathen nations.
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Heather (hĕ�ẽr; 277. This is the only pronunciation in Scotland), n. [See .] Heath. [Scot.]
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Gorse and grass
And heather, where his footsteps pass,
The brighter seem. Longfellow.
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Coloq. Heather bell (Bot.), one of the pretty subglobose flowers of two European kinds of heather (Erica Tetralix, and Erica cinerea).
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Heathery (-�), a. Heathy; abounding in heather; of the nature of heath.
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heathfowl, heath fowl n. A large Northern European black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix formerly Tetrao tetrix) with a lyre-shaped tail; it is also called heath grouse, black game, black grouse, heath poult, heath fowl, and moor fowl. See heath grouse under , above.
Syn. -- European black grouse, Lyrurus tetrix.
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Heathy (hēth�), a. Full of heath; abounding with heath; as, heathy land; heathy hills. Sir W. Scott.
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Heating (hētĭng), a. That heats or imparts heat; promoting warmth or heat; exciting action; stimulating; as, heating medicines or applications.
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Coloq. Heating surface (Steam Boilers), the aggregate surface exposed to fire or to the heated products of combustion, esp. of all the plates or sheets that are exposed to water on their opposite surfaces; -- called also fire surface.
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Heatingly, adv. In a heating manner; so as to make or become hot or heated.
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Heatless, a. Destitute of heat; cold. Beau. & Fl.
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heatstroke n. A physiological disturbance caused by exposure to excessive heat, resulting in rapid pulse, hot dry skin, and fever, leading to loss of consciousness.
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heaume n. 1. a large medieval helmet supported on the shoulders; called also helm.
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Heave (hēv), v. t. [imp. Heaved (hēvd), or Hove (hōv); p. p. Heaved, Hove, formerly Hoven (hōv'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Heaving.] [OE. heven, hebben, AS. hebban; akin to OS. hebbian, D. heffen, OHG. heffan, hevan, G. heben, Icel. hefja, Sw. häfva, Dan. hæve, Goth. hafjan, L. capere to take, seize; cf. Gr. kwph handle. Cf. , , , , , .] 1. To cause to move upward or onward by a lifting effort; to lift; to raise; to hoist; -- often with up; as, the wave heaved the boat on land.
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One heaved ahigh, to be hurled down below. Shak.
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☞ Heave, as now used, implies that the thing raised is heavy or hard to move; but formerly it was used in a less restricted sense.
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Here a little child I stand,
Heaving up my either hand. Herrick.
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2. To throw; to cast; -- obsolete, provincial, or colloquial, except in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the lead; to heave the log.
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3. To force from, or into, any position; to cause to move; also, to throw off; -- mostly used in certain nautical phrases; as, to heave the ship ahead.
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4. To raise or force from the breast; to utter with effort; as, to heave a sigh.
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The wretched animal heaved forth such groans. Shak.
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5. To cause to swell or rise, as the breast or bosom.
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The glittering, finny swarms
That heave our friths, and crowd upon our shores. Thomson.
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Coloq. To heave a cable short (Naut.), to haul in cable till the ship is almost perpendicularly above the anchor. -- Coloq. To heave a ship ahead (Naut.), to warp her ahead when not under sail, as by means of cables. -- Coloq. To heave a ship down (Naut.), to throw or lay her down on one side; to careen her. -- Coloq. To heave a ship to (Naut.), to bring the ship's head to the wind, and stop her motion. -- Coloq. To heave about (Naut.), to put about suddenly. -- Coloq. To heave in (Naut.), to shorten (cable). -- Coloq. To heave in stays (Naut.), to put a vessel on the other tack. -- Coloq. To heave out a sail (Naut.), to unfurl it. -- Coloq. To heave taut (Naut.), to turn a capstan, etc., till the rope becomes strained. See , and . -- Coloq. To heave the lead (Naut.), to take soundings with lead and line. -- Coloq. To heave the log . (Naut.) See . -- Coloq. To heave up anchor (Naut.), to raise it from the bottom of the sea or elsewhere.
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