calenture
Example Sentences
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And for that lethargy was there no cure, But to be cast into a calenture?
From Poetical Works of Edmund Waller and Sir John Denham by Sir John Denham
In this distress we had, besides the terror of the storm, one of our men die of the calenture, and one man and the boy washed overboard.
From The Children's Hour, v 5. Stories From Seven Old Favorites by Eva March Tappan
But who will judge a man's constitution by the symptoms of calenture?
From St George's Cross by H. G. (Henry George) Keene
They seemed to me to have nothing more than calenture, brought on by overwork, a malarious atmosphere, and a bad sanitary environment.
From Campaigning in Cuba by George Kennan
The senses warred upon the wit; seized by calenture, one saw through radiant mists.
From The Whirlpool by George Gissing
