† underˈcot, v. Sc. Obs.
Also -coat(e.
[under-1 5 a, with obscure second element: cf. quat n.1]
intr. To suppurate or fester inwardly.
| 1584 Hudson Du Bartas' Judith ii. 182 To Medciners, the medcine vailed not; So sore the poisond plague did vndercot. 1591 R. Bruce Serm. T ij b, The outwarde scroofe, suppose it appeareth to be whole when the inward is festered auaileth nothing, bot maketh it to vndercoate again. 1637 Rutherford Lett. i. cxl. (1664) 275 These..cannot have but such a peace with God, as will undercot and break the flesh again. 1669 R. Fleming Fulfilling Script. i. (1726) 77 Too soon letting out of a sore may cause it undercot and gather new matter. 1727 P. Walker Biog. Presbyt. (1827) I. 226 A slight Way of Healing indeed, which now is undercotted, and seems to be incurable. |
Hence † underˈcotted, underˈcotting ppl. adjs.
| 1636 Rutherford Lett. (1664) 315, I finde old sores bleeding of new; so dangerous..is an undercotted conscience. 1637 Ibid. 222 My dumb sabbaths are undercotting wounds. |