ˈheart-scald, -scad Sc. and north. dial.
[See scald n.]
a. = heartburn. b. fig. Disagreeable sensation, disgust, aversion.
| 1629 Z. Boyd Last Battell 1266 (Jam.) What an heart-scald should this bee vnto us, that wee have so long neglected this best part. a 1774 Fergusson Cauler Water Poems (1845) 25 Tho' cholic or the heart-scad tease us. 1822 Scott Nigel xiv, A look..that suld give her a heart-scald of walking on such errands. 1825 Brockett N.C. Gloss, Heart-scad, any thing disagreeable or contrary to your expectation or wishes. 1886 in Syd. Soc. Lex. |