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hearting

  • present participle
    of heart.
    heart
    noun
    a hollow, pumplike organ of blood circulation, composed mainly of rhythmically contractile smooth muscle, located in the chest between the lungs and slightly to the left and consisting of four chambers: a right atrium that receives blood returning from the body via the superior and inferior vena cavae, a right ventricle that pumps the blood through the pulmonary artery to the lungs for oxygenation, a left atrium that receives the oxygenated blood via the pulmonary veins and passes it through the mitral valve, and a left ventricle that pumps the oxygenated blood, via the aorta, throughout the body.

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No date for such a hearting has been set yet, but it is expected to be several months away.

From Reuters ● Oct. 6, 2022

Indeed, after I experimentally followed one of the fake Chabons, I found myself absentmindedly hearting some of its stolen posts as I scrolled through my feed.

From Slate ● Feb. 22, 2018

If the entire crop is to be left for hearting, a minimum of fifteen inches each way will be a safe distance for the smallest varieties.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons

The hearting is of concrete for a depth of 45 ft. from the top, and the remaining depth is in Cyclopean rubble.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 595, May 28, 1887 by Various

The whole is built of ashlar, with a hearting of rubble; excepting the river parts of the arches, which are constructed with bricks laid in cement. 

From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Samuel Smiles