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ˈheart-scald, -scad Sc. and north. dial.
[See scald n.]
a. = heartburn.
b. fig. Disagreeable sensation, disgust, aversion.
1629Z. Boyd Last Battell 1266 (Jam.) What an heart-scald should this bee vnto us, that wee have so long neglected this best part. a1774Fergusson Cauler Water Poems (1845) 25 Tho' cholic or the heart-scad tease us. 1822Scott Nigel xiv, A look..that suld give her a heart-scald of walking on such errands. 1825Brockett N.C. Gloss, Heart-scad, any thing disagreeable or contrary to your expectation or wishes. 1886in Syd. Soc. Lex. |