1690. B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, s.v. hot, exceeding Passionate.
1886. R. L. Stevenson, Kidnapped, p. 167. ‘Well,’ said he, ‘yon was
a hot burst, David.’
1893. Emerson, Signor Lippo, ch. xvi. I started life in a training
stable, and a hot life it was for a boy.