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Heart
·noun Courage; courageous purpose; spirit. II. Heart ·noun Vital part; secret meaning; real intenti...

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Heart
According to the Bible, the heart is the centre not only of spiritual activity, but of all the opera...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
False-heart
·adj False-hearted. ...

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Heart-eating
·adj Preying on the heart. ...

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Heart-robbing
·adj Depriving of thought; ecstatic. II. Heart-robbing ·adj Stealing the heart or affections; winni...

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Heart-spoon
·noun A part of the breastbone. ...

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Heart-whole
·adj Of a single and sincere heart. II. Heart-whole ·adj With unbroken courage; undismayed. III. H...

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Heart-wounded
·adj Wounded to the heart with love or grief. ...

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Lion-heart
·noun A very brave person. ...

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Pseudo-heart
·noun Any contractile vessel of invertebrates which is not of the nature of a real heart, especially...

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White-heart
·noun A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin. ...

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Heart Street
See Hart Street, Cripplegate. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
sweet heart
A term applicable to either the masculine or feminine gender, signifying a girl's lover, or a man's ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
bleeding-heart
n. another name for the kennedya (q.v.). 1896. `The Melburnian,' Aug. 28, p. 53: «The trailing sc...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
heart-pea
n. i.q. balloon-vine (q.v.). ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
pea, heart
n. i.q. balloon-vine (q.v.). ...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
bowsprit-heart
The heart or block of wood used to secure the lower end of the fore-stay, through which the inner en...

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heart-yarns
The centre yarns of a strand. Also, the heart-yarn or centre, on which four-stranded rope is formed....

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Bleeding Heart Yard
In Fetter Lane (Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
Golden Heart Wharf
South out of Upper Thames Street at No. 83 (P.O. Directory). In Vintry Ward. First mention: Lockie,...

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
wa-ist heart
I woe is me! N. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
turn in a heart, to
To seize the end of a shroud or stay, &c., securely round it. ...

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