Dictionary: HEAL – HEAS

► HEAL n. 1. spiritual health, well-being, or healing; salvation → 901 obs.
n. 2. well-being, welfare, safety; prosperity → 950 obs. exc. Sc.
n. 3. sound bodily condition; freedom from sickness; health → 1000 obs. exc. Sc.
n. 4. recovery from sickness, healing, cure → 1175 obs. exc. Sc.
n. 5. a hidden spot; an unseen place; shelter → 1691 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to rake up a fire; to cover a fire → 1691 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to cover; to wrap up, to tuck up the bed-clothes → 1695 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to hide, to conceal; to keep secret → 1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 4. to besmear or daub with dirt → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 5. to bind a book → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HEALABLE adj. curable, remediable → 1570
► HEALD n. 1. a slope, incline, declivity; a hill → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
n. 2. the act of pouring out → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to bend downwards or to one side; to lean, to incline, to slope →  1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to incline or tilt a vessel in order to pour out; to pour out → 1777 Eng. dial. obs.
vb. 3. to rely on → 1781 Eng. dial.
vb. 4. of rain: to pour, to come down in torrents → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 5. to heal → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HEALDING adj. sloping, leaning, tilting → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HEALD TO vb. to incline to, to be favourable to → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HEALER n. 1. one who hides or conceals anything; a receiver of stolen goods; a thief’s confederate → 1825 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a cover; a coverlet → 1884 Eng. dial.
► HEALFUL adj. fraught with health, well-being, safety, salvation; wholesome, salutary → 1340 obs.
► HEALING n. 1. a coverlet, bed-clothes → 1695 Eng. dial.
n. 2. the cover or binding of a book → 1853 Eng. dial.
► HEALING TAPE n. a band-aid → 1970 Amer. dial.
► HEALLESS adj. deprived of health or well-being → 1374 obs.
► HEALNESS n. welfare; salvation → 897 obs.
► HEAL ON A PERSON vb. to keep anyone’s secrets, not to betray or reveal them → 1827 Sc.
► HEALSOME adj. wholesome, salutary; healthful → 1375 obs. exc. Sc.
► HEAL STICK n. a nonexistent item used as the basis of a practical joke → 1968 Amer. dial.
► HEALTH n. 1. spiritual, moral, or mental soundness or well-being; salvation → 1000 arch.
n. 2. healing, cure → 1000 obs.
n. 3. well-being, welfare, safety; deliverance → 1250 obs.
n. 4. healthiness, wholesomeness, salubrity → 1387 obs.
► HEALTHING n. 1. the furthering or imparting of health → 1581 obs.
n. 2. the drinking of healths; toasting → 1611 obs.
► HEALTHIST n. one who is addicted to drinking healths → 1640 obs.
► HEALTH IT  vb. to drink a health or healths → 1633 obs.
► HEALTHLESS adj. 1. without health, unhealthy → 1568
adj. 2. not conducive to health; unwholesome, insalubrious → 1650
► HEALTHLESSNESS n. unhealthiness, unwholesomeness → 1655
► HEALTH-OFFERING n. peace offering → 1535 obs.
► HEALTHSOME adj. 1. bestowing health bodily, mental, or spiritual; wholesome; salutary → 1538
adj. 2. full of health; possessing good health; healthy → 1563 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HEALTHY adj. sexually attractive; curvaceous; ‘well built’ → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► HEALTHY AS TROUT adj. perfectly healthy, in complete health → 1891 Eng. dial.
► HEALTHY BEAT n. a man who would shirk and make something up → 1862 Amer. sl.
► HEAL UP vb. to leave off raining → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HEAM UP vb. to save, to lay by → 1887 Eng. dial.
► HEAN adj. mean, abject, poor; humble, lowly; abased, ignoble; miserable, wretched, dejected, humiliated; of little importance, trivial → 825 obs.
n. the handle of a knife → 1863 Eng. dial.
vb. to insult, to humiliate, to debase, to lower → 950 obs.
► HE AND HE phr. this and that; the one and the other; both → 1300 arch.
► HE-ANE n. the male of any animal → 1828 Sc.
► HEANLING n. a base, abject, or humble person → 1225 obs.
► HEAP adv. in a confused state, higgledy-piggledy → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
n. 1.a great company, esp. of persons; a multitude → 971
n. 2. an ugly person or thing → 1806 sl.
n. 3. a term of reproach applied to a slovenly woman → 1810 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 4. a wicker basket → 1902 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
n. 5. the thigh → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HEAP AND THRATCH phr. filled to overflowing → 1887 Eng. dial.
► HEAP-CLOUD n. a cumulus cloud → 1889
► HEAPED adj. having the contents piled above the brim, not levelled → 1818 Eng. dial.
► HEAP-FLOOD n. a heavy sea → 1583
► HEAP-FULL adj. full and heaped up → 1530 obs.
► HEAPING-STOCK n. a stepping-stone → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HEAPLY adv. in heaps → 1552 obs.
► HEAP-MEAL adv. in heaps; in large quantities or numbers → 897 obs.
► HEAP OF BONES n. a bony or poor-looking horse or cow → 1968 Amer. dial.
► HEAP O’ NOUGHT n. anything that is worthless, rubbish, or nonsense → 1870 Eng. dial.
► HEAPS n. turnips → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HEAPY adj. full of or consisting of heaps → 1552
► HEAR int. a sign of assent, yes → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 1. to be subject to; to belong → 893 obs.
vb. 2. to obey → 950 obs.
vb. 3. to be reported or spoken (well or ill) of → 1583 obs.
vb. 4. to sound nicely → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
vb. 5. to understand → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HEAR A BIRD SING vb. to receive private or secret information → 1597
► HEARER n. one who hears causes; a judge → 1535 obs.
► HEAR, HEAR! int. an expression of approbation or ‘cheering’ → 1689
► HEAR HOW THE HARROWS ARE GOING vb. to see how matters are progressing → 1889 Sc.
► HEARING n. 1. something heard; information, a report, rumour, news; something to talk about → 1300 Eng. dial.
n. 2. a ‘lecture’, a scolding, reproof → 1816 Sc. & Eng. dial.
n. 3. a letter; a reply → 1943 Amer. dial.
► HEARINGLESS adj. destitute of the faculty of hearing; deaf → 1398 obs.
► HEARKEN vb. 1. to hear with attention, to give ear to a thing; to listen to; to heed; to understand, to learn by hearing → 1000 now poetic usage
vb. 2. to apply the ears to hear; to listen, to give ear → 1000
vb. 3. to apply the mind to what is said; to attend, to have regard; to listen with sympathy or docility → 1230
vb. 4. to listen privily; to play the eavesdropper; to eavesdrop → 1382 obs.
vb. 5. to seek or hear tidings; to inquire after, to ask for → 1523
vb. 6. to lie in wait; to wait → 1580 obs.
vb. 7. to talk in one’s ear, to whisper → 1612 obs. exc. Sc.
vb. 8. to be on the watch, to look out, to listen for → 1868 Eng. dial.
vb. 9. to whisper → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► HEARKEN BACK vb. to recall → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HEARKEN DOWN vb. to call on, to pay a visit → 1896 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HEARKENER n. 1. one who listens or gives ear; a listener → 1340
n. 2. an eavesdropper; a scout → 1549 obs.
► HEARKEN IN vb. 1. to call on, to pay a visit → 1896 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to prompt secretly → 1902 Sc. (Bk.)
► HEARKENING n. 1. listening, giving attention → 1000
n. 2. inquiry; discovery → 1483 obs.
n. 3. encouragement → 1768 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► HEARKEN ON vb. to encourage, to urge on, to incite → 1851 Eng. dial.
► HEARKEN-OUT n. a listening; a watch, look-out → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HEARKEN TO THE HINDER END vb. to hear the end of the story, to wait and see what the end will be → 1790 Eng. dial.
► HEAR OF BOTH EARS vb. to hear both sides, to be impartial → 1705 obs.
► HEARS n. the ears → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HEARSE n. 1. a dead body, a corpse → 1530 obs.
n. 2. a bier, a coffin; vaguely, a tomb, grave → 1601 obs. or arch.
n. 3. in hunting: a hind of the second or third year → 1674
n. 4. a caboose → 1931 Amer. dial.
n. 5. a large automobile → 1938 Amer. dial.
n. 6. an ambulance → 1942 Amer. dial.
► HEARSE-LIKE adj. like a hearse; mournful → 1625
► HEAR-SO n. one who has heard so; one who knows by hearsay → 1639
► HEARST n. in hunting: a hind of the second or third year → 1674
► HEARSUM adj. ready to hear; obedient, compliant; dutiful, devout → 900 obs.
vb. to obey, to be obedient to; to revere → 900 obs.
► HEART n. 1. intent, will, purpose, inclination, desire → 825 obs.
n. 2. disposition, temperament, character → 1225 obs.
n. 3. a man of courage or spirit → 1500
n. 4. the sole of a horse’s foot → 1523 obs.
n. 5. the stomach → 1542 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
n. 6. the best, choicest, or most important part → 1589
n. 7. kindly feeling; cordiality, heartiness → 1656
n. 8. a loved one; a sweetheart → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 9. a close friend → 1970 Amer. dial.
vb. 1. to supply with physical strength of stimulus → 1573 obs.
vb. 2. to utter with the heart or sincerely → 1642 obs.
► A HEART AND A HEART n. duplicity, insincerity → 825
► HEART AND HAND adv. with will and execution; readily, willingly → 1547
► HEART-AND-HAND WOMAN n. a wife obtained through a matrimonial agency → 1945USWestern usage (Bk.)
► HEART AND SOUL adj. devoted and enthusiastic → 1836
adv. with all one’s energy and devotion; enthusiastically → 1798
► A HEART AS GREAT AS A PEAT n. a heart ready to burst with suppressed sorrow → 1768 Sc.
► HEART ATTACK n. love → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HEART-BEAT n. 1. an extremely brief space of time → 1850
n. 2. a loved one; a sweetheart → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HEART-BLOOD n. blood from the heart; blood shed in death, life-blood; hence, vital energy, life → 1240
► HEART-BOND n. a unions of hearts, betrothal → 1823
► HEART-BOUND adj. 1. having the heart entirely devoted to a person or thing → 1586 arch. & poetic usage
adj. 2. originally, pitiless, hard-hearted, mean, stingy; later, having the heart closed off from sympathy, uncaring → 1614
► HEART-BREAK adj. heartbreaking → 1586 obs.
► HEARTBREAKER n. 1. a curl, a love-lock → 1663
n. 2. an attractive girl → 1942 Amer. students’ sl. (Bk.)
► HEARTBURN n. 1. burning of heart; fire of passion → 1250 obs.
n. 2. rankling jealousy, discontent, or enmity → 1621
n. 3. love → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
(verbs as ‘heart-burn’)
vb. 1. to render jealous or grudging; to make discontented, to dissatisfy → 1540 obs. exc. Amer. dial.
vb. 2. to treat or regard with enmity → 1612 obs.
► HEART BURNER n. a drink of liquor → 1897Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HEARTBURNING n. jealousy, resentment, discontent; enmity → 1824 Amer. dial.
► HEART-BURNINGS n. grudges → 1605
► HEART-CERTAIN adj. thoroughly certain or sure → 1818
► HEARTED adj. 1. sagacious, wise, prudent → 1388 obs.
adj. 2. full of heart, spirited, courageous → 1538 obs.
► HEAR-TELL n. rumour → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
vb. (as ‘hear tell’) to hear, to be informed, to learn by word of mouth → 1834 Eng. dial.
► HEAR TELL OF vb. to tolerate, to consider → 1941 Amer. dial.
► HEARTEN vb. 1. to strengthen with food or nourishment → 1586 obs.
vb. 2. to fertilize with manure → 1594 obs.
vb. 3. to strengthen, to help on, to further, to promote → 1615 obs.
vb. 4. to supply liquor with stimulant quality → 1697 obs.
► HEARTEN UP vb. to animate, to cheer up → 1590
► HEARTER n. one who heartens or encourages; an abettor → 1550 obs.
► HEART FLUTTER n. a loved one; a sweetheart → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HEARTH n. hearing → 1340 obs.
► HEAR THE BAD NEWS vb. to be killed → 1930 sl.
► HEAR THE OWL HOOT vb. 1. to have many and varied experiences → 1936 Amer. Western sl.
vb. 2. to get drunk → 1945USWestern usage (Bk.)
► HEAR THE OWLS HOOT vb. travel by night, esp. as a fugitive → 1921 Amer. Western sl.
► HEARTH-FELLOW n. a fireside companion → 1895
► HEARTH-STEAD n. the place of a hearth; fireside; hence, homestead → 1475
► HEARTH-WARMING n. a merrymaking to ‘handsel’ a new house; a house-warming → 1830
► HEARTIKIN n. a term of endearment → 1540 obs.
► HEARTING n. the imparting of courage; encouragement, animation, cheer → 1250
► HEART-IN-MOUTH adj. 1. sincerely expressed; frank → 1827obs.
adj. 2. causing great apprehension or alarm; anxious → 1928
► HEART INTEREST n. 1. a loved one; a sweetheart → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
n. 2. love → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HEARTIST n. a fencer who can pierce the heart → 1625 obs.
► HEARTLESS adj. 1. destitute of courage, enthusiasm, or energy; spiritless; disheartened, dejected → 1625
adj. 2. without understanding; foolish → 1382 obs.
adj. 3. of food or drink; without stimulating or sustaining power → 1657
► HEARTLESSLY adv. 1. foolishly → 1611 obs.
adv. 2. without spirit, dejectedly, gloomily → 1629 obs.
► HEARTLESSNESS n. lack of energy or spirit, dejection → 1591 obs.
► HEART LESSON n. a lesson memorized or learned ‘by heart’ → 1932 Amer. dial.
► HEARTLINESS n. cordiality, heartiness, sincerity, friendly feeling → 1435 obs.
► HEARTLY adj. 1. courageous, spirited → 1340 obs.
adj. 2. proceeding from or seated in the heart; expressive of real feeling; earnest, genuine, sincere → 1340 obs.
adj. 3. showing genuine friendliness or warmth of affection, cordial, affectionate, kindly → 1385 obs.
adj. 4. vigorous, severe, sore → 1400 obs.
adv. 1. with the heart; earnestly, sincerely; cordially; heartily → 1225 obs.
adv. 2. with courage or spirit; courageously; vigorously, with might and main → 1300 obs.
adv. 3. with good appetite → 1589 obs.
► HEART-MAD adj. very angry → 1938 Amer. dial.
► HEART-NUT n. the cashew nut → 1568 obs.
► HEART OF ADAMANT n. the quality of being unmovable, inflexible, or unsusceptible to even strong emotions, esp. of sympathy or affection → 1582
► HEART OF BUTTER n. a soft person who yields easily → 1703
► HEART OF HEARTS n. one’s most inmost heart of feelings → 1602 
► HEART OF OAK n. a stout, courageous spirit; a man of courage or valour; a man of sterling quality, capable of resistance or endurance → 1609
► HEART OF STONE n. an obdurate or unemotional nature → 1382
► HEART-QUAKE n. sudden and violent emotion, as of terror, delight, etc.; a trembling of the heart; fearfulness → 1561
► HEART-QUALM n. 1. an attack of palpitation of faintness of heart → 1621
n. 2. sudden and violent emotion, as of terror, delight, etc. → 1673
► HEART RAVE n. a loved one; a sweetheart → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HEART-RENDING adj. terribly distressing → 1687
n. terrible distress; mental anguish; torment → 1854
► HEART-ROOT n. 1. the depth or bottom of the heart; the seat of the deepest emotion or most genuine feelings → 1200 obs.
n. 2. a sweetheart; a beloved or loved one → 1522 obs.
► HEART-ROOTS n. the depth or bottom of the heart; the seat of the deepest emotion or most genuine feelings → 1200 obs.
► HEARTS ALIVE! int. an expression of astonishment → 1899 Eng. dial.
► HEARTS AND FLOWERS n. sentimentality → 2006US sl. (Bk.)
► HEART’S ATTORNEY n. the tongue → 1707
► HEART’S-BLOOD n. blood from the heart; blood shed in death, life-blood; hence, vital energy, life → 1723
► HEART-SCALD n. 1. disagreeable sensation, disgust, aversion → 1629 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 2. heartburn → 1629 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 3. trouble, vexation, injury → 1813 Sc.
► HEARTS-EASE n. 1. a measure of gin → M17 sl.
n. 2. a twenty-shilling piece → 1700 sl.
► HEART-SICK adj. depressed and despondent, esp. through ‘hope deferred’ or continued trouble → 1526
► HEART-SIDE n. the left side → 1580 obs.
► HEARTSOME adj. 1. courageous, spirited, bold → 1567 obs.
adj. 2. encouraging, inspiring, cheering the heart; emotionally uplifting or comforting → 1596 chiefly Sc.
adj. 3. full of joy or mirth, merry, cheerful, lively, light-hearted, joyous; pleasant, genial → 1600 chiefly Sc.
► HEARTSOMELY adv. cheerily, merrily, joyously, blithely → 1732 Sc.
► HEART-SORE adj. broken-hearted → 1591
n. pain or grief of heart, broken-heartedness → 1100
► HEART-SPOON n. the pit of the stomach; the navel or midriff → 1728 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► HEART-STARTER n. the first alcoholic drink of the day → 1960 Aust. sl.
► HEART-STRICKEN adj. deeply affected → 1797
► HEART-STRIKE vb. to affect intensely; to make a deep impression upon the feelings of → 1637
► HEART-STRINGS n. the most intense feelings or emotions; the deepest affections; the heart → 1596
► HEART STROKE n. love → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HEART-STRUCK adj. keenly affecting or distressing the heart → 1605 obs.
► HEART-THIRLED adj. bound by the affections → 1886 Sc.
► HEART-THROB n. someone of either sex who thrills the heart; a lover, esp. used of film stars and other entertainers; a sexually attractive male entertainer → 1910 sl.
► HEART THROBS n. love → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► HEART-TO-HEART adj. intimate → L19 sl.
n. an intimate talk → 1910 sl., orig. US
► HEART-WARM adj. warm-hearted, genuinely affectionate → 1787
► HEART-WHOLE adj. 1. having the spirits or courage unimpaired; undismayed; stoical → 1470
adj. 2. having the affections free, with the heart unengaged; free from the power of love → 1600
adj. 3. whole-hearted; free from hypocrisy or affectation; sincere, genuine → 1684
adj. 4. thorough, thorough-paced, unmitigated → 1811
► HEARTY adj. 1. courageous, bold → 1380 obs.
adj. 2. possessed of understanding; wise, prudent, sagacious → 1382 obs.
adj. 3. heartfelt, genuine, sincere → 1479
adj. 4. of disease: violent, severe → 1639 obs.
adj. 5. tipsy, exhilarated after a little ‘drop’ → 1818 Sc.
n. 1. a hearty fellow; a brave, vigorous, or energetic man → 1839
n. 2. strong drink → M19 sl.
► HEARTY AS A BUCK adj. very well, healthy, hearty → 1945USWestern sl. (Bk.)
► HEASCEN vb. 1. to mock, to deride, to taunt → 1000 obs.
vb. 2. to rail, to utter taunts → 1000 obs.