heart-blood
heart-blood noun: blood needed for continued life; blood regarded as the seat of life; lifeblood.
Noun
heart-blood (uncountable)
- Blood needed for continued life; blood regarded as the seat of life; lifeblood.
- […] I am not your king / Till I be crown’d and that my sword be stain’d / With heart-blood of the house of Lancaster; […]1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
- What we haue done, / our hart bloud shall maintaine.1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC...
heart-blood meaning in Tamil and Kannada
heart-blood in Tamil
- உயிர்க்குருதி, உயிர்
heart-blood in Kannada
- ಎದೆಯ ರಕ್ತ, ಹೃದಯದ ರಕ್ತ, ಪ್ರಾಣ, ಜೀವ
Forms of heart-blood
| alternative form | heart's blood |
|---|---|
| alternative form | heartblood |
Origin of heart-blood
From Middle English herte blood. By surface analysis, heart + blood.
Questions about heart-blood
- What does heart-blood mean?
- Heart-blood means blood needed for continued life; blood regarded as the seat of life; lifeblood.
- What is heart-blood in Tamil?
- Heart-blood in Tamil is உயிர்க்குருதி, உயிர். See Heart-blood meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is heart-blood?
- Heart-blood is a noun.
Words near heart-blood in the dictionary
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