Hearth
[hɑːθ] or [hɑrθ]
Definition
(noun.) home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; 'driven from hearth and home'; 'fighting in defense of their firesides'.
(noun.) an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room); 'they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire'.
Checker: Pamela--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The pavement or floor of brick, stone, or metal in a chimney, on which a fire is made; the floor of a fireplace; also, a corresponding part of a stove.
(n.) The house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates and of hospitality to strangers; fireside.
(n.) The floor of a furnace, on which the material to be heated lies, or the lowest part of a melting furnace, into which the melted material settles.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Fireside, home, hearth-stone.
Edited by Albert
Definition
n. the part of the floor on which the fire is made: the fireside: the house itself: the home-circle: the lowest part of a blast-furnace: a brazier chafing-dish or fire-box.—ns. Hearth′-mon′ey Hearth′-penn′y Hearth′-tax a tax in England formerly laid upon hearths; Hearth′-rug a rug used for covering the hearth-stone; Hearth′-stone a stone forming a hearth the fireside: a soft stone used for whitening hearths doorsteps &c.
Editor: Susanna
Examples
- A hob was the flat part of the open hearth where water and spirits were warmed; and the small table, at which people sat when so engaged, was called a nob. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Selden, with a slight laugh, sat down beside her on the little sofa which projected from the hearth. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Everything was in its place and order as he had always kept it, the little fire was newly trimmed, and the hearth was freshly swept. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The forms of furnaces and means for lining and cooling the hearth and adjacent parts have received great attention. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Yet how, on this dark and doleful evening, could you so suddenly rise on my lone hearth? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He stood on the hearth of Aufidius's hall, facing the image of greatness fallen, but greater than ever in that low estate. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The girl came in and walked across to the low table by the hearth and picked up the enameled-ware bowls and brought them to the table. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Mr. Sykes now addressed Mr. Helstone, who stood on the hearth, his shovel-hat on his head, watching him significantly with his little, keen eyes. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She swept up the hearth, asked at what time she should prepare tea, and quitted the room with the same wooden face with which she had entered it. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Indeed, I have some schemes of my own, which you and I will talk about on our own hearth one day. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He had taken her hand, half-banteringly, and was drawing her toward a low seat by the hearth; but she stopped and freed herself quietly. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- A cheerful fire blazes on the hearth; a tea-table, covered with a snowy cloth, stands prepared for the evening meal. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- In this room, after having had their quarters for the night allotted to them by two young Fathers, the travellers presently drew round the hearth. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- We shall sit with lighter bosoms on the hearth, to see the ashes of our fires turn gray and cold. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- By the bye, I must mind not to rise on your hearth with only a glass of water then: I must bring an egg at the least, to say nothing of fried ham. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In order to ascertain how many hearths were in the house, it was necessary that the tax-gatherer should enter every room in it. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In his description of this stove at that time Franklin also referred to the iron box stoves used by the Dutch, the iron plates extending from the hearths and sides, etc. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He used stone for hearths (_e. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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