core (2 S. phrase imitated by later writers)
1.
central part of an ulcer
Troil. II. i. 7
“a botchy ”
; fig.
V. i. 4
“thou core of
envy,”
V. viii. 1.
2.
“heart's ” perhaps
containing a play on Latin ‘cor’=heart
Ham. III. ii.
78.