Distress

·noun To compel by pain or suffering.

II. Distress ·noun To seize for debt; to Distrain.

III. Distress ·noun The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.

IV. Distress ·noun That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.

V. Distress ·noun A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, ·etc.

VI. Distress ·noun Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends.

VII. Distress ·noun To cause pain or anguish to; to Pain; to oppress with calamity; to Afflict; to Harass; to make miserable.

VIII. Distress ·noun The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, ·etc.