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ˈheart-bond
[See bond n.1 7, 13.]
a. A union of hearts, betrothal.
b. (See quot. 1851.)
1823in Crabb Technol. Dict. 1851Dict. Archit., Heart⁓bond, the construction of walling in which two stones side by side form the width of the wall, and a third stone of an equal breadth is put over the joint in the course above. 1887W. S. Gilbert Ruddigore 32 Our plighted heart-bond gently bless. |