distress noun

Categories: abnormalcy: emotion; emotion: negative.
1604, Cawdrey:

Not listed.

1626, Cockeram: (distresse)

miserie, goods taken for not paying rent.

1626, Cockeram: (distresse)

miserie, goods taken for not paying rent.

1658, Phillips: (distresse)

or distraining, (in Latin, discritction) is a streightning, wringing, or afflication. In Common Law it signifieth a compulsion to appear in Court, or to pay a debt or duty denied.

distress verb

1604, Cawdrey:

Not listed.