Tender-hefted

Ten´der-heft`ed


a.1.Having great tenderness; easily moved.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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The textual changes marked by Hand II, for instance, combine occasional simplifications of language, such as the smudging out of 'hefted' in 'tender-hefted' at II.