| 释义 |
hearting, vbl. n.|ˈhɑːtɪŋ|
[f. heart v.]
1. The action of the verb heart; the imparting of courage; encouragement, animation, cheer.
c1250Gen. & Ex. 1982 ‘Nai! nai!’ quat he, ‘helped it noȝt, Mai non herting on me ben wroȝt. c1350Leg. Rood (1871) 88 He..was ful glad, For he so gude herting þan had. c1440York Myst. xvii. 115 Ȝis certis, such hartyng haue we hadde. 15..Surtees Misc. (1888) 68 ‘Marye, that's ill hartinge’, saies my Lord Charlls Howeward. 1637–50Row Hist. Kirk (1842) p. xxii, In hairting..of him to byd still langer.
2. Building. The filling up of a central space within masonry with rubble or similar material; concr., the material so used.
1858Illustr. Times 7 Aug., The small materials used for the hearting of the breakwater. 1862Smiles Engineers III. 405 Built of ashlar, with a hearting of rubble.
3. The growing to a heart; as ‘the hearting of a lettuce’. Also attrib.
1858R. Hogg Veg. Kingd. 67 Cabbages..assuming the headed or hearting character. |