† surcarkingn.
Obsolete. rare.
Great trouble or distress.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > mental anguish or torment > [noun]
tintreghc893
threat971
piningOE
murderOE
anguish?c1225
woea1250
pinec1275
tormentc1290
languorc1300
heartbreakc1330
surcarkingc1330
martyrement1340
threst1340
agonyc1384
martyrdomc1384
tormentryc1386
martyre?a1400
tormentisec1405
rack?a1425
anguishing1433
angorc1450
anguishnessa1475
torture?c1550
heartsickness1556
butchery1582
heartache1587
anguishment1592
living hell1596
discruciation1597
heart-aching1607
throeing1615
rigour1632
crucifixion1648
lancination1649
bosom-hell1674
heart-rending1707
brain-racking1708
tormentation1789
bosom-throe1827
angoisse1910
c1330 Arth. & Merl. 3945 (Kölbing) Þis ich seuen, saunfail Þe cark hadde of þe batayl... Ac in al þis surcarking Merlin com to Ban, þe king.
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n.c1330- get off scotfree
- get off some leg
- get off the ground
- get off the mark
- get off the pot
- get off the spot
- get off to a —— start
- get off to sleep
- get off with
- get off, etc, on the wrong foot
- get old
- get on
- get on a person's ass
- get on a person's nerves
- get on a person's quince
- get on a person's tit
- get on a person's tits
- get on fire
- get on his etc feet
- get on his feet
- get on his her feet
- get on ignorant
- get on in the world
- get on in years or life
- get on like a house on fire