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▪ I. ˈheart-sore, n.
[f. heart n. 55 a + sore n.]
1. Pain or grief of heart; a cause of such pain.
c1200Trin. Coll. Hom. 207 Cordis contricio..þat is herte sor for mannes oȝene sinne. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (1858) I. 17 With siching, sobbing, and with greit hart-sair. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. i. 2 That godly knight..His onely hart⁓sore and his onely foe. 1601Bp. W. Barlow Defence 114 As ægina to Athens, ληµὴ, the eiesore thereof; so is this to Rome, the hartsoare thereof. 1835Miss Mitford Country Stories (1850) 154 Chalcott mill..was to Mrs. Deborah not merely an eye-sore, but a heart-sore.
†2. A disease of horses, etc. (obs. F. encœur).
1616Surfl. & Markh. Country Farme 139 The Enceur marg. The hartsore or swelling of the kernels of the hart.
▪ II. heart-sore, a.
[f. heart n. 55 c + sore a.]
Sore or grieved at heart; characterized by grief.
1591Shakes. Two Gent. i. i. 30 With hart-sore sighes. 1856Lever Martins of Cro' M. 412 Heartsore with the cares of wealth. 1862Trollope Orley F. xiii. (1866) 98 Every word that the dear, good, heart-sore woman spoke, told the tale of her jealousy. |