False heart

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

(forestry) Wood that gives an erroneous impression of being heartwood..

Definitions by Sense

1. (forestry) Wood that gives an erroneous impression of being heartwood.
2. (archaic) Insincerity or disloyalty, or a person who is insincere and disloyal.
3. (obsolete) Synonym of false-hearted.

Example Sentences

Sometimes, because of the invasion of germs into the heart part, the brown or tawny falseheart with irregular figure appears.

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).

I know her thoroughly; I have studied her thoroughly; I have looked into her falseheart. Nobody has discovered her but me.

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.

Her deceitful words here will be directly echoed, but with the negative switched to positive, by the lovers' beating hearts at the film's end. For the moment the falseheart counterpoint prevails, exemplified by Dominique's insincere response

I am thy king, and thou a falseheart traitor.

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.

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• falsehearts

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