v. Obs. rare–1. trans. ? To make a hell on earth for (a person).
The sense is uncertain; the text may be corrupt. The alleged survival of the word in dialects, with the sense ‘to abuse with rancour’ (E.D.D.), appears to be imperfectly authenticated.
1611. Shaks., Wint. T., II. i. 143. You are abus’d, and by some putter on, That will be damn’d for’t; would I knew the Villaine, I would Land-damne him.
