calenture

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And us wi' scarce any water and half on us rotten wi' scurvy or calenture, an' no luck this cruise, neither!

From Martin Conisby's Vengeance by Farnol, Jeffery

While moored here, Joseph Gabriel, the Chilian, who stole the Indian king's daughter, died of a malignant calenture.

From The Monarchs of the Main, Volume II (of 3) Or, Adventures of the Buccaneers by Thornbury, Walter

The ailment was influenza, and he called it a calenture.

From The Path of the King by Buchan, John

The evidence relative to yellow fever, or calenture, during this period in Virginia is contradictory.

From Medicine in Virginia, 1607-1699 by Hughes, Thomas Proctor

Sweetheart, I can write unto you but with a weak hand, for I have suffered the most violent calenture for fifteen days that ever man did and lived.

From Great Ralegh by Selincourt, Hugh de