(559).-Fate, får, fåll, fât;-mè, mêt ;-pine, pin ;

obey to try, to attend judicially; to at- HEART-EASE, hårt'èze. S. Quiet, tend favourably; to acknowledge. HEARD, herd. (234). The preterit of

To hear.

We frequently hear this word pronounced so as to rhyme with feared. But if this were the true sound, it ought to be written heared, and considered as regu

lar; the short sound like herd is certainly the true pronunciation, and the verb is ir regular. Mr. Sheridan, Mr. Nares, Mr. Smith, and W. Johnston, mark the word

as I have done.

HEARER, here'ûr. s. (98). One who
attends to any doctrine or discourse.
HEARING, here'ing. s. The sense by
which sounds are perceived; audience;
judicial trial; reach of the ear.
TO HEARKEN, hår'k'n. v. n. (103)
(243). To listen by way of curiosity; to
attend, to pay regard.
HEARKENER, hår'k'n-ûr. s. Listener,
one that hearkens.

Felt in the

tranquillity. HEART-EASING. hårt'èz-ing. a. Giving quiet. HEART-FELT, hårt'felt. a. conscience, felt at the heart. HEART-PEAS, hårt'pèze. s. HEART-SICK, hårtʼsik. a. mind; mortally ill, hurt in the constitution.

A plant.

Pained in

HEARTS-EASE, hårts'èze. s. A plant.
HEART-STRING, hårt'string. s. The
tendons or nerves supposed to brace and
sustain the heart.

HEART-STRUCK, hårt'stråk. a. Driven
to the heart, infixed for ever in the mind;
shocked with fear or dismay.
HEART-SWELLING, hårt'swêl-ling. a.
Rankling in the mind.
HEART-WHOLE, hårt'hwole. a. (397).
With the affections yet unfixed; with the
vitals yet unimpaired.

HEARSAY, here'så. s. Report, ru-HEART-WOUNDED, hårt'woon-ded.

mour.

HEARSE, herse. s. (234). A carriage in which the dead are conveyed to the grave; a temporary monument set

over a grave.

HEART, hårt. s. (243). The muscle which by its contraction and dilation propels the blood through the course of circulation, and is therefore considered as the source of vital motion; the chief part, the vital part; the inner part of any thing; courage, spirit; seat of love; affection, inclination; memory; to be not wholly averse; secret meaning, hidden intention; conscience, sense of good or ill it is much used in composition for mind or affection.

HEART-ACH, hårt'åke. s. (355). Sorrow, pang, anguish.

HEART-BREAK, hårt'bråke. s. Over-
powering sorrow.

HEART-BREAKER, hårt'brd-kůr. s. A
cant name for a woman's curls.
HEART-BREAKING, hårt'brå-king. a.
Overpowering with sorrow.
HEART-BREAKING, hårt brå-king. s.
Overpowering grief.
HEART-BURNED, hårt'bůrn'd. a. Hav-
ing the heart inflamed.
HEART-BURNING,

hårt bår-ning.

S.

Pain at the stomach, commonly from an acrid humour; discontent, secret enmity. HEART-DEAR, hårt'dère. a. Sincerely

beloved.

a.

Filled with passion of love or grief. HEARTED, hårt'êd. a. Only used in composition, as, hardhearted. To HEARTEN, hår't'n. v. a. (243). To encourage, to animate, to stir up; to meliorate with manure.

HEARTH, hårth. s. (243). The pavement of a room where a fire is made.

Till I had inspected the Dictionaries, I could not conceive there were two pronunciations of this word; but I now find that Mr. Elphinston, W. Johnston, and Buchanan, sound the diphthong as in earth and dearth; while Mr. Sheridan, Dr. Kenrick, Mr. Nares, Mr. Scott, Mr. Perry, and Mr. Barclay, give it as I have done. HEARTILY, hår'tè-lê. a. Sincerely,

actively, diligently, vigorously; from the heart, fully; eagerly, with desire. HEARTINESS, hår'tè-nès. s. Sincerity, freedom from hypocrisy; vigour, diligence, strength.

HEARTLESS, hårt'lês. a. Without cou-
rage, spiritless.

HEARTLESSLY, hårt'lês-lè. ad. With-
out courage, faintly, timidly.
HEARTLESSNESS,
hårt'lès-nês.
Want of courage or spirit, dejection of
mind.

Produ

-no, move, nor, nôt ;-tube, tåb, bull;-öll;-pound;-thin, THIS. HEAT, hête. s. (227). The sensa- HEAVEN-BORN, hêv'v'n-born. Descended from the celestial regions. HEAVEN-BRED, hev'v'n-bred. ced or cultivated in heaven. HEAVEN-BUILT, hev'v'n-bilt. Built by the agency of the Gods. HEAVEN-DIRECTED, hev'v'n-di-rêk'ted. Raised towards the sky; taught by the powers of heaven. HEAVENLY, hev'v'n-lè. a. Resembling heaven, supremely excellent ; celestial, inhabiting heaven.

tion caused by the approach or touch of fire; the cause of the sensation of burning; hot weather; state of any body under the action of fire; one violent action unintermitted; the state of being once hot; a course at a race; pimples in the face, flush; agitation of sudden or violent passion; faction, contest, party rage; ardour of thought or elocution. To HEAT, hète. v. a. To make hot, to endue with the power of burning; to cause to ferment; to make the constitution feverish; to warm with vehemence of passion or desire; to agitate the blood and spirits with action. Το To HEAT, hête. v. n. grow hot. HEATER, he'tår. s. (98). An iron made hot, and put into a box-iron to smooth and plait linen.

A large

A spe

HEATH, heth. s. (227). A plant; a
place overgrown with heath; a place co-
vered with shrubs of whatever kind.
HEATH-COCK, heth'kok. s.
fowl that frequents heaths.
HEATH-PEAS, hèth'pèze. s.
cies of bitter vetch.
A plant.
HEATH-ROSE, heth'roze. s.
HEATHEN, he'тH'n. s. (227). The
gentiles, the pagans, the nations unac-
quainted with the covenant of grace.
HEATHEN, he'TH'n. a. (103). Gentile,

pagan.
HEATHENISH, he'тн'n-ish. a. Belong-
ing to the Gentiles; wild, savage, rapa-
cious, cruel.

HEATHENISHLY,

hẻ TH’n-sh-lẻ.

After the manner of heathens. HEATHENISM, hé'тн'n-izm. s. tilism, paganism.

ad.

Gen

Full of heath.

HEATHY, heth'è. a.
TO HEAVE, hève. v. a. (227.) Pret.
Heaved, anciently Hove; Part. Heaved or
Hoven. To lift, to raise from the ground;
to carry; to cause to swell; to force up
from the breast; to exalt, to elevate.
TO HEAVE, hève. v. n. To pant, to
breathe with pain; to labour; to raise
with pain, to swell and fall; to keck, to
feel a tendency to vomit.
HEAVE, hève. s. Lift, exertion or ef-
fort upwards; rising of the breast; effort
to vomit; struggle to rise.
HEAVEN, hev'v'n. s. (103) (234). The
regions above, the expanse of the sky;
the habitation of God, good angels, and
pure souls departed; the supreme pow-
er, the sovereign of heaven.

HEAVENLY, hev'v'n-lè. ad. In a manner resembling that of heaven; by the agency or influence of heaven. HEAVENWARD,

wards heaven.

hev'v'n-wård. ad. To

HEAVILY, hev'è-lè. ad. With great
weight; grievously, afflictively; sorrow-
fully, with an air of dejection.
HEAVINESS, hẻvvề-nes. s.
The qua-

lity of being heavy, weight; dejection of
mind, depression of spirit; inaptitude to
motion or thought; oppression; crush, af-
fliction; deepness or richness of soil.
HEAVY, hev'vẻ. a. (234). Weighty,
tending strongly to the centre; sorrowful,
dejected, depressed; grievous, oppressive,
afflictive; wanting spirit or rapidity of sen-
timent, unanimated; wanting activity, in-
dolent, lazy; drowsy, dull, torpid; slow,
sluggish; stupid, foolish; burdensome,
troublesome, tedious; loaded, incumber-
ed, burdened; not easily digested; rich in
soil, fertile, as, heavy lands; deep, cum-
bersome, as, heavy roads.
HEAVY, hev'vẻ. ad. As an adverb it is
only used in composition, heavily.
HEBDOMAD, hêb'do-mâd. s.
a space of seven days.
HEBDOMADAL, heb-dôm'â-
dál. (518).
HEBDOMADARY, heb-dôm'â-
dár-é.

A week,

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To

The

Weekly; consisting of seven days. To HEBETATE, heb'è-tåte. v. a. dull, to blunt, to stupify. HEBETATION, hêb-e-ta'shůn. s. act of dulling; the state of being dulled. Dulness, HEBETUDE, hèb'è-tùde. ́s. obtuseness, bluntness. HEBRAISM, hêb'rå-ism. s. (335). An

Hebrew idiom.

HEBRAIST, heb'rå-Îst. s. (503). A man

(559)-Fate, får, fåll, fât;-mê, mêt ;-pine, pin ;

of the first syllable of this and the preceding word, and think I am not only authorized by analogy, but the best usage. HEBRICIAN, hé-brish'an. s. One skilled in Hebrew.

tion; care to avoid; notice, observation; seriousness; regard, respectful notice. HEEDFUL, heed'íùl. a. Watchful, cautious, suspicious; attentive, careful, observing.

A sacrifice HEEDFULLY, heed'fül-lé. ad. Attentively, carefully, cautiously.

-no, move, nor, nôt ;-tube, tüb, bull;-öll ;-pound;-thi THIS.
HELIOTROPE, he'lè-b-trope. s. A plant
that turns towards the sun, but more par-
ticularly the turnsol, or sunflower.
HELIX, hé'liks. s. A spiral line.
HELL, hei. s.

tion above the ground; degree of altitude;
summit, ascent, towering eminence; ele-
vation of rank; the utmost degree; utmost
exertion; state of excellence, advance
towards perfection.

The first of these modes is the most general; and the last the most agreeable to the spelling. Milton was the patron of the first; and, in his zeal for analogy, as Dr. Johnson says, spelt the word height. This is still the pronunciation of the vulgar, and seems at first sight the most agreeable to analogy; but though the sound of the adjective high is generally preserved in the abstract height, the h is always placed before the t, and is perfectly mute. Mr. Garrick's pronunciation (and which is certainly the best) was hite. See DROUGHT. To HEIGHTEN, hi't'n. v. a. (103). To raise higher; to improve, to meliorate; to aggravate; to improve by decorations. HEINOUS, ha'nus. a. (249). Atrocious, wicked in a high degree.

e

Mr. Sheridan gives the long sound of to the first syllable of this word, contrary to every Dictionary, to analogy, and, think, the best usage; which, if I am not mistaken, always gives the first syllable of this word the sound of slender a. HEINOUSLY, há'nůs-lé. ad. Atrociously, wickedly.

HEINOUSNESS, hà'nůs-nês. s. Atro-
ciousness, wickedness.
HEIR, åre. S. (249) (394). One that is
inheritor of any thing after the present

possessor.

HEIRESS, åre ́is. s. (99).

a woman that inherits. HEIRLESS, åre'lês. a. heir. HEIRSHIP, åre'ship. s.

An inheritrix,

Without an

The state, cha

racter, or privileges of an heir. HEIRLOOM, àre'loom. s. Any furniture

or moveable decreed to descend by inheritance, and therefore inseparable from the freehold.

HELD, held. The preterit and part. pass. of Hold.

HELIACAL, hé-li'â-kál. a. Emerging from the lustre of the sun, or falling into

it.

HELICAL, hêl'è-kâl. a. Spiral, with
many circumvolutions.
HELIOCENTRICK, hé-le-o-sen'trik. a.
Belonging to the centre of the sun.
HELIOSCOPE, he'lè-ó-skope. s. A sort
of telescope fitted so as to look on the
body of the sun, without offence to the eyes.

The place of the devil and wicked souls; the place of separate souls, whether good or bad; the place at a running play, to which those who are caught are carried; the place into which a taylor throws his shreds; the infernal powers.

HELLEBORE, hel'le-bore. S.

flower.

Christmas

HELLENISM, hel'lè-nism. s. An idiom

of the Greek.

HELLISH, hél'lish. a. Having the quali
ties of hell, infernal, wicked; sent from
hell, belonging to hell.
HELLISHLY, hel'lish-lé. ad. Infernally,
wickedly.

HELLISHNESS, hel'lish-nés. s. Wicked-
ness, abhorred qualities.
HELLWARD, het'ward. ad. Towards

hell.

HELMED, hêlm'd. a. (359).
with a head-piece.
HELMET, hël'mit. s. (99).
TO HELP, help. v. a.
head-piece.

Furnished

A helm, a

Preter. Helped or Holp; Part. Helped or Holpen. To assist, to support, to aid; to remove, or advance by help; to relieve from pain or disease; to remedy, to change for the better; to forbear, to avoid; to promote, to forward. To help to; to supply with, to furnish with.

To HELP, help. v. n. To contribute assistance, to bring a supply.

HELP, help. s. Assistance, aid, support, succour; that which forwards or promotes; that which gives help; remedy. HELPER, help'ür. s. (98). An assistant, an auxiliary; one that administers remedy; a supernumerary servant; one that supplies with any thing wanted. HELPFUL, help'fùl. a. Useful, that gives assistance; wholesome, saluta

(559).-Fåte, får, fåll, fât;-mê, mêt ;-pine, pin ;

or assistance; irremediable, admitting no help. HELPLESSLY, help'lès-lè. ad. Without

at a distance, in another place; for this reason, in consequence of this; from this cause, from this ground; from this source, from this original, from this store: from hence, is a vicious expression. HENCEFORTH, hénse'forth. ad. From this time forward. HENCEFORWARD, hense-för'wård. ad. From this time to futurity. HENCHMAN, hênsh'mân. s.