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well-ˈhearted, a.
†1. Stout-hearted, courageous. Obs.
1606G. Woodcocke Hist. Ivstine xxxviii. 121 The Scithians besides that they be well harnessed, and well harted [praeter arma virtutemque animi]. a1614J. Melvill Autob. & Diary (Wodrow Soc.) 223 But nocht halff sa resolut and weill-harted to feght in the quarrell as our men war. 1714R. Smith Poems of Controversy (1853) 61 Athols souldiers,..Quick, Swift, well hearted & most prompt in hands.
2. Well-disposed, kind-hearted, generous.
1766Ld. Kames in Complete Farmer, s.v. Flax 3 M 1 b, This prospect must be agreeable to every well-hearted Briton. 1861Quinn Heather Lintie (1863) 36 But then his son Is a weel-hearted winsome chiel, And's fond o' fun. 1920L. A. Harker Montagu Wycherly i. 22 Kind little girl!..so transparently ‘well-hearted’ towards all the world. |