Gilded clouds, while we gaze upon them, faint before the eye.
Pope.
Faint (?), v. t. To cause to faint or become dispirited; to depress; to
weaken. [Obs.]
It faints me to think what follows.
Shak.
Faint"-heart`ed (?), a. Wanting in courage; depressed by fear; easily
discouraged or frightened; cowardly; timorous; dejected.
Fear not, neither be faint- hearted.
Is. vii. 4.
-- Faint"-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Faint"-heart`ed*ness, n.
Faint"ing (?), n. Syncope, or loss of consciousness owing to a sudden
arrest of the blood supply to the brain, the face becoming pallid, the
respiration feeble, and the heat's beat weak.