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falseheart

falseheart noun: wood that gives an erroneous impression of being heartwood.

Noun

falseheart (countable and uncountable, plural falsehearts)

  1. Wood that gives an erroneous impression of being heartwood.
    • Sometimes, because of the invasion of germs into the heart part, the brown or tawny falseheart with irregular figure appears.1995, Shuming Wu, Wood Anatomy Research
    • Fungi break down the wood inwards from lopping wounds, causing white or brown rot. It occurs faster in old wood and wood no longer needed by the tree (depending on species and whether heartwood or falseheart is present).1995, L Wessoly, Fracture diagnosis of trees
  2. (archaic) Insincerity or disloyalty, or a person who is insincere and disloyal.
    • I know her thoroughly; I have studied her thoroughly; I have looked into her falseheart. Nobody has discovered her but me.1883, Wilkie Collins, Heart and Science: A Story of the Present Time - Volume 1, page 178
    • Slay the craven falsehearts, who speak lies for truth to give the dishonest measure of a false balance for the even, well-pressed measure of clearness, cleanness and righteousness.1896, James Willway Treadwell, California Banker's Magazine: Commercial and Real Estate Review

Adjective

falseheart (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of false-hearted.
    • I am thy king, and thou a falseheart traitor.1591, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 2
    • Be but true to me—and I see y' are true—and betwixt you and me we shall bring that falseheart traitor to the death.1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow: A tale of two roses
    Synonyms:
    false-hearted

Synonyms of falseheart

Forms of falseheart

pluralfalsehearts

Origin of falseheart

From false + heart.

Questions about falseheart

What does falseheart mean?
Falseheart means wood that gives an erroneous impression of being heartwood.
What part of speech is falseheart?
Falseheart can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of falseheart?
The plural of falseheart is falsehearts.

Words near falseheart in the dictionary

  1. falsedom
  2. falseface
  3. falsefaces
  4. falseful
  5. falsefully
  6. falseheart
  7. falsehearted
  8. falseheartedly
  9. falseheartedness
  10. falsehearts
  11. falsehood

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