Heartlings
(Heart"lings) interj. An exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance. [Obs.] Shak.
Heartpea
(Heart"pea`) n. (Bot.) Same as Heartseed.
Heartquake
(Heart"quake`) n. Trembling of the heart; trepidation; fear.
In many an hour of danger and heartquake.
Hawthorne. Heartrending
(Heart"rend`ing) a. Causing intense grief; overpowering with anguish; very distressing.
Heart-robbing
(Heart"-rob`bing) a.
1. Depriving of thought; ecstatic. "Heart-robbing gladness." Spenser.
2. Stealing the heart or affections; winning.
Heart's-ease
(Heart's"-ease`) n.
1. Ease of heart; peace or tranquillity of mind or feeling. Shak.
2. (Bot.) A species of violet (Viola tricolor); — called also pansy.
Heartseed
(Heart"seed`) n. (Bot.) A climbing plant of the genus Cardiospermum, having round seeds
which are marked with a spot like a heart. Loudon.
Heartshaped
(Heart"shaped`) a. Having the shape of a heart; cordate.
Heartsick
(Heart"sick`) a. [AS. heortseóc.] Sick at heart; extremely depressed in spirits; very despondent.
Heartsome
(Heart"some) a. Merry; cheerful; lively. [Scot.]
Heart-spoon
(Heart"-spoon`) n. A part of the breastbone. [Obs.]
He feeleth through the herte-spon the pricke.
Chaucer. Heartstricken
(Heart"strick`en) a. Shocked; dismayed.
Heartstrike
(Heart"strike`) v. t. To affect at heart; to shock. [R.] "They seek to heartstrike us." B. Jonson.
Heartstring
(Heart"string`) n. A nerve or tendon, supposed to brace and sustain the heart. Shak.
Sobbing, as if a heartstring broke.
Moore. Heartstruck
(Heart"struck`) a.
1. Driven to the heart; infixed in the mind. "His heartstruck injuries." Shak.
2. Shocked with pain, fear, or remorse; dismayed; heartstricken. Milton.
Heartswelling
(Heart"swell`ing) a. Rankling in, or swelling, the heart. "Heartswelling hate." Spenser.
Heart-whole
(Heart"-whole`) a. [See Whole.]
1. Having the heart or affections free; not in love. Shak.
2. With unbroken courage; undismayed.
