Word Meanings - HEART-SPOON - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A part of the breastbone. He feeleth through the herte-spon the pricke. Chaucer.

HERTELY
Hearty; heartily. Chaucer.
THROUGH
thuru, OFries. thruch, D. door, OHG. durh, duruh, G. durch, Goth. ; 1. From end to end of, or from side to side of; from one surface or limit of, to the opposite; into and out of at the opposite, or at another, point; as, to bore through a piece
BREASTBONE
The bone of the breast; the sternum.
PRICKET
A buck in his second year. See Note under 3d Buck. Shak.
THROUGHLY
Thoroughly. Bacon. Wash me throughly from mine iniquity. Ps. li. 2. To dare in fields is valor; but how few Dare to be throughly valiant to be true Dryden.
HERTE
A heart. Chaucer.
PRICKER
A small marline spike having generally a wooden handle, -- used in sailmaking. R. H. Dana, Ir. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, pricks; a pointed instrument; a sharp point; a prickle. 2. One who spurs forward; a light horseman. The prickers,
THROUGHOUT
Quite through; from one extremity to the other of; also, every part of; as, to search throughout the house. Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year. Milton.
UPPRICKED
Upraised; erect; -- said of the ears of an animal. Mason.
WHERETHROUGH
Through which. "Wherethrough that I may know." Chaucer. Windows . . . wherethrough the sun Delights to peep, to gaze therein on thee. Shak.