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A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc. (more info) be, Dan. bed, Sw. bädd, Goth. badi, OHG. betti, G. bett, bette, bed, 1. An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch.

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A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc. (more info) be, Dan. bed, Sw. bädd, Goth. badi, OHG. betti, G. bett, bette, bed, 1. An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of hay, straw, leaves, or twigs. And made for him a leafy bed. Byron. I wash, wring, brew, bake, . . . make the beds. Shak. In bed he slept not for my urging it. Shak. 2. Marriage. George, the eldest son of his second bed. Clarendon. 3. A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a little raised above the adjoining ground. "Beds of hyacinth and roses." Milton. 4. A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed of ashes or coals. 5. The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as, the bed of a river. So sinks the daystar in the ocean bed. Milton.

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  • HOLLOW-HEARTED
    Insincere; deceitful; not sound and true; having a cavity or decayed spot within. Syn. -- Faithless; dishonest; false; treacherous.
  • HEARTWOOD
    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.
  • HEART
    A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood. Why does my blood thus muster to my heart! Shak. Note: In adult mammals and birds, the heart is four-chambered, the right auricle and ventricle
  • BOTTOMRY
    A contract in the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship as security for the repayment of money advanced or lent for the use of the ship, if she terminates her voyage
  • VALLEY
    1. The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream.
  • HEARTBROKEN
    Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved.
  • HEARTGRIEF
    Heartache; sorrow. Milton.
  • HEARTEN
    1. To encourage; to animate; to incite or stimulate the courage of; to embolden. Hearten those that fight in your defense. Shak. 2. To restore fertility or strength to, as to land.
  • HEARTDEEP
    Rooted in the heart. Herbert.
  • BREASTWHEEL
    A water wheel, on which the stream of water strikes neither so high as in the overshot wheel, nor so low as in the undershot, but generally at about half the height of the wheel, being kept in contact with it by the breasting. The water acts on
  • CENTRE
    See CENTER
  • BREASTWORK
    A defensive work of moderate height, hastily thrown up, of earth or other material.
  • HEARTENER
    One who, or that which, heartens, animates, or stirs up. W. Browne.
  • HEARTSWELLING
    Rankling in, or swelling, the heart. "Heartswelling hate." Spenser.
  • BREASTPLATE
    A part of the vestment of the high priest, worn upon the front of the ephod. It was a double piece of richly embroidered stuff, a span square, set with twelve precious stones, on which were engraved the names of the twelve tribes of Israel. See
  • HEART-ROBBING
    1. Depriving of thought; ecstatic. "Heart-robbing gladness." Spenser. 2. Stealing the heart or affections; winning.
  • HEART'S-EASE
    A species of violet ; -- called also pansy. (more info) 1. Ease of heart; peace or tranquillity of mind or feeling. Shak.
  • HOLLOWLY
    Insincerely; deceitfully. Shak.
  • HEARTYHALE
    Good for the heart.
  • BREASTKNOT
    A pin worn of the breast for a fastening, or for ornament; a brooch.
  • CHICKEN-BREASTED
    Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvature of the vertebral column.
  • CONCENTER; CONCENTRE
    To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center. God, in whom all perfections concenter. Bp. Beveridge.
  • SULPHUR-BOTTOM
    A very large whalebone whale of the genus Sibbaldius, having a yellowish belly; especially, S. sulfureus of the North Pacific, and S. borealis of the North Atlantic; -- called also sulphur whale.
  • WHITE-HEART
    A somewhat heart-shaped cherry with a whitish skin.
  • SWEETHEART
    A lover of mistress.
  • SINGLE-BREASTED
    Lapping over the breast only far enough to permit of buttoning, and having buttons on one edge only; as, a single-breasted coast.
  • BROKEN BREAST
    Abscess of the mammary gland.
  • UNBOTTOMED
    Deprived of a bottom. 2. Etym: (more info) 1. Etym:
  • GREAT-HEARTED
    1. High-spirited; fearless. Clarendon. 2. Generous; magnanimous; noble.
  • PIGEON-HEARTED
    Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted. Beau. & Fl.
  • VELVETBREAST
    The goosander.
  • REDBREAST
    The long-eared pondfish. See Pondfish. (more info) The European robin. The American robin. See Robin. The knot, or red-breasted snipe; -- called also robin breast, and robin snipe. See Knot.
  • DISHEARTENMENT
    Discouragement; dejection; depression of spirits.
  • KIND-HEARTED
    Having kindness of nature; sympathetic; characterized by a humane disposition; as, a kind-hearted landlord. To thy self at least kind-hearted prove. Shak.

 

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