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an open recess in a wall at the base of a chimney where a fire can be built
he laid a fire in the hearth and lit it
the hearth was black with the charcoal of many fires
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home symbolized as a part of the fireplace
driven from hearth and home
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an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room)
they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire
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