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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary : [ easton ]


  Hearth
     Heb. ah (Jer. 36:22, 23; R.V., "brazier"), meaning a large pot
     like a brazier, a portable furnace in which fire was kept in the
     king's winter apartment.
     
       Heb. kiyor (Zech. 12:6; R.V., "pan"), a fire-pan.
     
       Heb. moqed (Ps. 102:3; R.V., "fire-brand"), properly a fagot.
     
       Heb. yaqud (Isa. 30:14), a burning mass on a hearth.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Hearth \Hearth\ (h[aum]rth), n. [OE. harthe, herth, herthe, AS.
     heor[eth]; akin to D. haard, heerd, Sw. h["a]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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              There was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
                                                    --Jer. xxxvi.
                                                    22.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Where fires thou find'st unraked and hearths
              unswept.
              There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. The house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates
        and of hospitality to strangers; fireside.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              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.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He had been importuned by the common people to
              relieve them from the . . . burden of the hearth
              money.                                --Macaulay.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Hearth \Hearth\, n. [OE. harthe, herth, herthe, AS. heor?; akin
     to D. haard, heerd, Sw. h["a]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.
  
              There was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
                                                    --Jer. xxxvi.
                                                    22.
  
              Where fires thou find'st unraked and hearths
              unswept. There pinch the maids as blue as bilberry.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     2. The house itself, as the abode of comfort to its inmates
        and of hospitality to strangers; fireside.
  
     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.
  
     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.
  
              He had been importuned by the common people to
              relieve them from the . . . burden of the hearth
              money.                                --Macaulay.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  hearth
       n 1: an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a
            fire can be built; "the fireplace was so large you could
            walk inside it"; "he laid a fire in the hearth and lit
            it"; "the hearth was black with the charcoal of many
            fires" [syn: fireplace, open fireplace]
       2: home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; "driven from
          hearth and home"; "fighting in defense of their firesides"
          [syn: fireside]
       3: an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out
          into a room); "they sat on the hearth and warmed
          themselves before the fire" [syn: fireside]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  hearth
     Αγγλικά n.
     1 το τζάκι, η εστία, ιδιαίτερα το δάπεδο του τζακιού
     2 (μτφρ) η οικογενειακή εστία
     3 το κατώτερο μέρος ενός μεταλλουργικού καμίνι

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  hearth
     Yola n.
     heart

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  hearth
     n.
     1 The place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for
  home heating and for cooking, usually constituted by at least a
  hearthstone and often enclosed to varying degrees by any combination of
  reredos, fireplace, oven, smoke hood, or chimney.
     2 A hearthstone, either as standalone or as the floor of an enclosed
  fireplace or oven.
     3 A fireplace: an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney
  where a fire may be built.
     4 The lowest part of a metallurgical furnace.
     5 A brazier, chafing dish, or firebox.
     6 (lb en figurative) home or family life.
     7 (lb en Germanic paganism) A household or group in some forms of the
  modern pagan faith Heathenry.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  hearth
     n.
     1 The place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for
  home heating and for cooking, usually constituted by at least a
  hearthstone and often enclosed to varying degrees by any combination of
  reredos, fireplace, oven, smoke hood, or chimney.
     2 A hearthstone, either as standalone or as the floor of an enclosed
  fireplace or oven.
     3 A fireplace: an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney
  where a fire may be built.
     4 The lowest part of a metallurgical furnace.
     5 A brazier, chafing dish, or firebox.
     6 (lb en figurative) home or family life.
     7 (lb en Germanic paganism) A household or group in some forms of the
  modern pagan faith Heathenry.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  hearth
     n.
     1 The place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for
  home heating and for cooking, usually constituted by at least a
  hearthstone and often enclosed to varying degrees by any combination of
  reredos, fireplace, oven, smoke hood, or chimney.
     2 A hearthstone, either as standalone or as the floor of an enclosed
  fireplace or oven.
     3 A fireplace: an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney
  where a fire may be built.
     4 The lowest part of a metallurgical furnace.
     5 A brazier, chafing dish, or firebox.
     6 (lb en figurative) home or family life.
     7 (lb en Germanic paganism) A household or group in some forms of the
  modern pagan faith Heathenry.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  hearth
     Englanti n.
     1 takka, tulisija
     2 liesi
     3 ahjo

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  hearth
     Engelska n.
     härd, eldstad

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Hearth /hˈɑːθ/
  الموقد

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  hearth //hæθ// //hɑɹθ// //hɑːθ// //hɜːɹθ// 
  огнище
  floor of fireplace

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  hearth /hˈɑːθ/
  výheň

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  hearth /hˈɑːθ/ 
  krb

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:eng-cym ]


  hearth /hˈɑːθ/ 
  aelwyd