red-heartedadj.

Brit.

/ˌrɛdˈhɑːtᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌrɛdˈhɑrdəd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., hearted adj.

Etymology: < red adj. + hearted adj. Compare earlier (in different sense) red-heart n.

1. Designating trees or timber having reddish heartwood; esp. in the names of particular species of tree.

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1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 176 Where it happens that one of these Sallows gets a Body of about a Foot diameter, they are then red-hearted.

1785 M. Cutler in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 490 Juglans... The White Walnut. The Red-hearted Walnut. The Oil-Nut, or Butter-Nut.

1810 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Hampshire 312 The plants are introduced in rows, an ash plant of three years old and one of red-hearted withy.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 420 The red-hearted, or upland beech.

2002 Express (Nexis) 8 Aug. (Features section) 3 Red hearted pine is warm and beautiful, it's an ageless and pleasant material for modern building.

2. Of a tree or timber: beginning to discolour and decay in the heartwood. Now rare.

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1821 C. Hatchett Let. 23 Apr. in J. Haggard Rep. Consistory Court (1822) 2 App. 173 The oak trees, although of fine growth and healthy, are found to be red-hearted, which, by professional men, is considered as an indication of very inferior durability.

1862 Times 16 Jan. 4/2 The trees were red-hearted, an infallible indication of decay, and..he should not allow a foot of them to enter a dockyard.

1916 H. H. Whetzel et al. Lab. Outl. Plant Pathol. 98 The first effect on the wood is the red-brown discoloration. Such timber is said to be ‘red-hearted’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	red-hearted
释义	red-heartedadj. Brit. /ˌrɛdˈhɑːtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌrɛdˈhɑrdəd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., hearted adj. Etymology: < red adj. + hearted adj. Compare earlier (in different sense) red-heart n. 1. Designating trees or timber having reddish heartwood; esp. in the names of particular species of tree. ΚΠ 1733 W. Ellis Chiltern & Vale Farming 176 Where it happens that one of these Sallows gets a Body of about a Foot diameter, they are then red-hearted. 1785 M. Cutler in Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts & Sci. 1 490 Juglans... The White Walnut. The Red-hearted Walnut. The Oil-Nut, or Butter-Nut. 1810 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Hampshire 312 The plants are introduced in rows, an ash plant of three years old and one of red-hearted withy. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 420 The red-hearted, or upland beech. 2002 Express (Nexis) 8 Aug. (Features section) 3 Red hearted pine is warm and beautiful, it's an ageless and pleasant material for modern building. 2. Of a tree or timber: beginning to discolour and decay in the heartwood. Now rare. ΚΠ 1821 C. Hatchett Let. 23 Apr. in J. Haggard Rep. Consistory Court (1822) 2 App. 173 The oak trees, although of fine growth and healthy, are found to be red-hearted, which, by professional men, is considered as an indication of very inferior durability. 1862 Times 16 Jan. 4/2 The trees were red-hearted, an infallible indication of decay, and..he should not allow a foot of them to enter a dockyard. 1916 H. H. Whetzel et al. Lab. Outl. Plant Pathol. 98 The first effect on the wood is the red-brown discoloration. Such timber is said to be ‘red-hearted’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1733
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