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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Heart, late var. of Hert n. (heart), attrib. in heart fever, flightering, growing, pipe, scald (heart-burn; also fig.), syth (satisfaction, revenge). — 1623 Lanark Presb. 1.
She confesses hir charming of the heart feawers 1685-8 Renwick Serm. 405.
What a heart flightering would there be 1601 Elgin Rec. II. 96.
Thomas Symond, cutlar, confessit the charmeing of bairns for the heart growing 1620 Crim. Trials III. 485.
He … strak her vpon the bak, wambe and sydis, and brak hir heart-pypes a1646 Wedderburn Vocab. 19.
Cardialgia, the heart-scald 1629 Z. Boyd Last B. 1266.
What an heartscald should this bee unto us 1661 Elgin Rec. II. 295.
John wes suire that he wold get his heart syth of every one that wronged him