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Dead-hearted [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Having a dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless.

Dead-heartedness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Having a dull, faint heart.

2. A heavy weight; a hopeless exigency.

3. ded'-light. A strong wooden port, made to suit a cabin window, in which it is fixed, to prevent the water from entering a ship in a storm.