subs. (old cant).—1. The hart. [Because said (in Psalms) to pant after the fresh water brooks].—B. E. (c. 1696); GROSE (1785).
2. (common).—The heart. Also, in pl. = the paps. Fr. le Saint-ciboire; le battant (= the beater); la fressure (= the pluck or fry); le palpitant. It. la salsa (= sauce).
c. 1725. Old Song [FARMER, Musa Pedestris (1896), 44], ‘Retoure My Dear Dell.’
| Didst thou know, my dear doxy, but half of the smart | |
| Which has seized on my PANTER, since thou didst depart. |
