heart's-bloodn.
/ˈhɑːtsblʌd/, U.S. /ˈhɑrtsˌbləd/ 1. = heart-blood n. 1.
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the world > life > source or principle of life > [noun] > as possession
headOE
lifeOE
heart-blood?c1225
innocent blood1382
heart's-blood1562
fanny1936
ass1948
butt1964
arse1970
1562 A. Bernher in H. Latimer 27 Serm. Ep. sig. A.iiiv The sonne of god did shede his owne hartes bloud.
a1576 Bp. J. Pilkington Godlie Expos. Nehemiah (1585) iii. f. 37v Christ Iesus..offered vp that sweete and sauing sacrifice of his owne bodie and hearts blood, to pacifie the wrath of God against man.
1604 J. Hanson Time is Turne-coate 52 Vitall Motions being reduc'd againe, Inioyn'd Hearts-bloud to course through euery veine.
1676 T. Shadwell Libertine iv. 60 O Villain, that I had my Sword imbru'd in thy hearts bloud.
1723 Coll. Old Ballads 251 Dost thou not see my own Heart's Blood Run trickling down my Knee?
1763 C. Churchill Ghost iv. 204 Her brows, in impious sport, Adorn'd with words of high import,..All wrote in the hearts-blood of those Who rather Death than Falshood chose.
1805 J. Wilson Hist. Egypt II. viii. ii. 413 Those memorials of oppression, which had been wrung from the sweat and hearts blood of many an afflicted brother.
1878 B. Taylor Prince Deukalion iii. v. 128 The gush of human heart's-blood comes to dim My crystal eyesight.
1920 Jrnl. Infectious Dis. 26 377 A culture of the heart's blood showed pneumococci.
2007 K. Avery & A. Alizadeh tr. Farīd al-Dīn 'Attār Fifty Poems 11 Her dagger is craving for heart's blood.
2. = heart-blood n. 2.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [noun] > vital part or vitalizing influence
pitheOE
sap1526
quicka1566
lifeblood1582
heartstring1584
entelechy1603
heart1603
heart-blood1606
heart and soul1616
heart's-blooda1631
life's bloodc1635
a1631 R. Bolton Three-fold Treat.: Saints Guide (1634) 69 This conquest costs full deare; it will not be had, without the losse of our dearest delights; without shedding the very hearts-bloud of our beloved and bosome-sinne.
1675 R. Head Proteus Redivivus ii. x. 307 Having suckt out the very hearts-blood of his Pocket, the Compter or Ludgate must be his Ultimum Refugium.
1742 W. Allen Landlord's Compan. iii. 53 They wisely restrain their Plantations sucking out the Heart's Blood of their Kingdom.
1781 Gentleman's Mag. 68 Suppl. 1096/1 Our ships, our commerce, our cash, the very bones, sinews, and heart's blood, of the nation.
1851 Internat. Mag. Lit., Art, & Sci. 1 Sept. 158/1 That fine enthusiasm which is the heart's-blood of lyric poetry.
1859 J. R. Lowell in W. Wordsworth Poet. Wks. I. p. xxxv Creations which really throbbed with the very heart's-blood of genius.
1922 Printers' Ink 2 Nov. 125/2 You would select as the very heart's blood of your advertising any one of a number of possibilities—a lather that did not dry on the face, some secret ingredient, [etc.].
2005 Hudson Rev. 57 670 The heart's blood of this book flows through the stories about priests and laypeople coming to grips with suffering and its purpose.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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