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fend, hath preserved an infant commonwealth, ofa sickly constitution, through so many dangers,as & much more healthy one could never haveJuggled against without those advantages. Swift.
Air and exercise contribute to make the animalhealthy, Arbuthnot.
Conducive to health ; wholesome.
Gardening or husbandry, and working in wood,
' ar e fit and healthy recreations for a man of study*»° r business. Locke.
*®am. n. s. In beasts the same as the, a fter-birth in women.l CAP. n , St [peap. Sax . hoop, Dut. and
Scottish.]
• Many single things thrown together;a pile ; an accumulation.
. The way to lay the city flat,j fid bury all which yet distinctly ranges,
*fi Aeaps and piles of ruin. Shakesp.
*he dead - were fallen down by heaps, one uponMother. IVisd. xviii. 23.
^Jfige heaps of slain around the body rise. Dryd.^ ' enice in its first beginnings had only a fewe( fP\ of earth for its dominions. Addison on Italy .2 fes one thing, only as a heap is one. Bluckmore.
' A crowd ; a throng; a rabble.
A cruel tyranny ; a heap of vassals and slaves,f.° f r eenien, no inheritance, no stirp or ancientallies. . Bacon .
’ Cluster; number driven together.
■j.Afi universal cry resounds aloud ;f 1j Sa ‘* ors run * n heaps, a helpless crowd. Dryd.i i; E Ap. v. a . [from the noun.]
’ throw on heaps; to pile; to throw
Vther.
5> ( T? Ca P 011 wooc b kindle the fire. Ezck. xxir. 10.
* accumulate; to lay up.
5ri J”°ugh the wicked heap up silver as the dust,oi, tfiirrient as the clay ; but the just shall put it» find the innocent shall divide the silver.
l° w great the credit was, wherein that oraclehcf P reserve d. may be gathered from the vastijj iea which were there heaped up from the oflfer-y.°f all the Grecian nations. Temple.
rw' e y who will make profession of painting,tjjg heap up treasures out of their reading, an’dfind many wonderful means of raising3, y^ives above others. Drydtn.
0 a dd to something else.
A.r,j For those of old,
> 'V. Ie fe te dignities heap'd up to them,
%. es ty° ur hermits. Shakesp.
n St j^frdm heap.] One that
1}$;' es piles or heaps.h p A / Y * ad j- [from heap.] Lying in
tf-
0’ Cr a dim gleam the paly Ianthorn throwsfie mid pavement, heapy rubbish grows. Gay.rais’d ,^ Carce bis head
s,fefc S | 0 e Mhe heavy wreath, the branching elk<0 Jjpfifi^’ring sullen in the white abyss. Thoms.
^ut i v ‘ n * [fyp an ^ ^ ax * h°° ren >
J? n j°y the sense by which sounds
So u U !i t : i,lguishecl -
e Xt Cfn ‘ | nothing but a certain modulation of thefet, ho t Ulr> ^dch, being gathered hy the externalr^Dan* ’ as is supposed, upon the membranavfiip a [*» which moves the four little bones in the?fe r Ua| Ul ^ : * n like manner as it is beat, by the'•* l ? ,ese little bones move the internala j ,s in the tympanum and ycstibulum;^itopv erna l air makes an impression upon the* u the labyrinth and cochlea, ac-alPfinuiin 11 * s move d by the little bones in theof : i 80 ^ ,at » according to the various re-im * ie ? xte rnal ai r > the internal air makesiiJ lne di'n«^ ress ' ons upon the auditory nerve, the'h re *sioii° r8an of hearing ; and these different4<) e obi-* r ^li rese nt different sounds. Quincy.1] *i. c tuf hearing is sound, whose variety is
I)at U brings in admirable store of inlel-lloldcr.
Job, xxrii. 16.
Princes cannot see far with their own eyes, norhear with their own ears. Temple. ;
2. To listen ; to hearken to; as, he hear d\
■with great attention. !
‘ So spake our mother Eve, and Adam heara ,Well-pleas’d, but answer’d not. Milton.
Great laughter was in heav’n,
And looking down, to see the hubbub strange,And hear the din. Milton. |
3. To be told; to have an account: with of. j
I have heard by many of this man. Acts, ix. 13. j
I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I wasdismayed at the seeing of it. Ilosea.
Hear of such a crime i
As tragick poets, since the birth of time, 1
Ne'er feign'd. Tate's Juvenal .
This, ot eldest parents, leaves us more in thedark, who, by divine institution, has a right tocivil power, than tiiose who never heard any thingat all of heir or descent. Locke.
To Hear. v. a.
1. To perceive by the ear.
The trumpeters and singers were as one sound]to be heard in praising the Lord. 2 C hron. v. 13.
And sure he heard me, hut he would not hear.
Dry den.
2. To give an audience, or allowance tospeak.
He sent for Paul, and heard him concerning thefaith in Christ. Acts, xxiv. 24.
I must beg the forbearance of censure, 'till X havebeen heard out in the sequel of this discourse. Locke.
3. To attend ; to listen to; to obey.
A scorner heareth not rebuke. Proverbs.
Hear the word at my mouth, and give themwarning from me. ^ Ezek. iii. 17.
To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden notyour hearts. Hebrews.
4. To attend favourably.
They think they shall be heard for their muchspeaking. Matthew.
Since 'tis your command, what you so wellAre pleas’d to hear , I cannot grieve to tell.Denftam.
The goddess heard. Pope.
5. To try; to attend judicially.
Hear tile causes,and judge righteousIy.Detit. i.16.
G. To attend, as to one speaking.
’»Vlio against faith or conscience can be heardInfallible ? Milton.
7. To acknowledge a title. A Latin phrase.
Or hear st thou rather pure ethereal stream,Whose fountain who shall tell ? Milton.
Hear st thou submissive, but a lowly birth ?Prior.
Heard signifies a keeper, and is some-times initial; as lieard-heart a gloriouskeeper: sometimes final, as cyneheard
■ a royal keeper. Gibson’s Camden. Itis now written herd : as, cowherd acowkeeper; Jtypb, Sax .
He'arer. n. s. [from beer.]
1 . One who hears.
Ami so was she dulled withal, that we could comeso Hear as to hear her speeches, and yet she notperceive the hearers of her lamentation. Sidney.
St. John and St. Matthew, which have record-ed these sermons, heard them ; and being hearers,did think themselves as well respected as thePharisees . Hooker.
Words, be they never so few, are too many,when they benefit not the hearer. Hooker.
The hearers will shed tearsAnd say, Alas 1 it was a piteous deed! Shakesp.
Tell thou the lamentable fall of me,
And send the hearers weeping to their beds. Shak.
2. One who attends doctrine or discourseorally delivered by another; as, thehearers of the gospel.
3. One of a collected audience.
I I lays in themselves have neither hopes nor fears;Their fate is only in their hearei's ears. BenJonson.
Her headers bad no share
In all she spoke, except to stare. Swift.
He'aring. m. s. [from hear.]
1. The sense by which sounds are per-ceived.
Bees are called with sound upon brass, andtherefore they have hearing. Bacons Nat. Hist.
2. Audience.
The Trench ambassador upon that instantCrav’d audience ; and the hour, I think, is comeTo give him hearing. Shakesp.
3. Judicial trial.
Agrippa and Bernice entered into the place ofhearing. Acts.
The readers are the jiwy to decide according tothe merits of the cause, or to bring it to anotheihearing before some other court. Dryden.
Those of different principles may be betrayedto give you a fair hearing, and to know what youhave to say for yourself. Addison.
4. Note by the ear; reach of hearing.
If we profess, as Peter did, that we love theLord, and profess it in the hearing of men ; charityis prone to hear all things, and therefore charitabfemen are likely to think we do so. Hooker.
In our hearing the king charged thee, bewarethat none touch Absalom . 2Sam. xviii. 12.
You have been talked of since your travels much.And that in Hamlet’s hearing, for a qualityWiierein they say you shine. Shakesp. Hamlet.
The fox had the good luck to be within hearing.
L’Estrange.
To HE'ARKEN. v. n. [peapeman, Sax .]
1. To listen; to listen eagerly or curiously.
The youngest daughter, whom you hearken for,Her father keeps from excess of suitors. Shakesp.
He hearkens after prophecies and dreams. Shak.
They do me too much injury,
That ever said 1 hearken'd for your death :
If it were so, I might have let alone
Th’ insulting hana of Douglas over you. Shakesp.
The gaping three-moutmd dog forgets to snarl;The furies hearken, and their snakes uncurl. Dryd.
Louder and yet more loud, I hear the alarmsOf human cries:
I mount the terrass, thence the town survey,
And kearkenv/hat the fruitful sounds convey. Dryd.
He who makes much necessary, will want much;And, wearied with the difficulty of the attainment,■will hearken after any expedient that offers toshorten his way to it. Rogers.
2. To attend ; to pay regard.
Hearken unto me, thou son of Zippor. Ntimbers.
Those who put passion in the place of reason,nei-ther use their own,nor hearken to other people’s rea-son, any farther than it suits their humour. Locke.
There’s not a blessing individuals find,
But some way leans and hearkens t*) the kind. Pope.
He'arkener. n. s. [from hearken .]Listener ; one that hearkens.
He'arsay. n. s. [hear and soy.] Re-port ; rumour ; what is not known other-wise than by account from others.
For prey these shepherds two he took,
Whose metal stiff lie knew he could not bendWith hearsay pictures, or a window look. Sidney.
He affirms ny hearsay, that some giants savedthemselves upon the mountain Baris m Armenia.
All the little scramblers after fame fall uponhim, publish every blot in liis life, and dependupon hearsay to deltame him. Auaison.
Hearse, n. s. [Of unknown etymology.]
1. A carriage in which the dead are con-veyed to the grave.
2. A temporary monument set over a grave.
To add to your laments
Wherewith you now bedew King Henry’s hearse,
I must inform you of a dismal sight. Shakesp.
HEART, n. s. [Jjeojve, Sax . hertz, Germ.]
1. The muscle which by its contraction anddilation propels the blood through thecourse of circulation, and is therefore con-sidered as the source of vital motion.
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