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Hearth ends (gcide) | Hearth \Hearth\ (h[aum]rth), n. [OE. harthe, herth, herthe, AS.
    heor[eth]; akin to D. haard, heerd, Sw. h[aum]rd, G. herd;
    cf. Goth. ha['u]ri a coal, Icel. hyrr embers, and L. cremare
    to burn.]
    1. 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.
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             There was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
                                                   --Jer. xxxvi.
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             Where fires thou find'st unraked and hearths
             unswept.
             There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry. --Shak.
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    2. The house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates
       and of hospitality to strangers; fireside.
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             Household talk and phrases of the hearth.
                                                   --Tennyson.
 
    3. (Metal. & Manuf.) 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;
       as, an open-hearth smelting furnace.
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    Hearth ends (Metal.), fragments of lead ore ejected from
       the furnace by the blast.
 
    Hearth money, Hearth penny [AS. heor[eth]pening], a tax
       formerly laid in England on hearths, each hearth (in all
       houses paying the church and poor rates) being taxed at
       two shillings; -- called also chimney money, etc.
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             He had been importuned by the common people to
             relieve them from the . . . burden of the hearth
             money.                                --Macaulay.
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