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hearthless
hearthless
English
Adjective
hearthless (not comparable)
- Without a hearth.
- 2005, Axel von Starck, Alfred Mühlbauer, Carl Kramer, Handbook of thermoprocessing technologies (page 407)
- For this reason, a hearthless pusher-type furnace has been developed.
- 2005, Axel von Starck, Alfred Mühlbauer, Carl Kramer, Handbook of thermoprocessing technologies (page 407)
- (figuratively, by extension) Without a home.
- 1906, Henry Watterson, The compromises of life (page 343)
- It was not a singer of the fireside, but a hearthless wanderer, who put in all hearts the Anglo-Saxon's simple "Home, Sweet Home."
- 1906, Henry Watterson, The compromises of life (page 343)