calenture

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Four more officers died, and most of Ralegh's personal servants, so that, though he was himself suffering from a severe calenture, he was attended only by pages.

From Great Ralegh by Selincourt, Hugh de

What to do? you already know that her betrothed, Señor Santillo de Santayana, is dead a year ago of a calenture.

From Rita by Barry, Etheldred B. (Etheldred Breeze)

One finds instead a sort of violent fever and calenture which not merely deflects, as any emotion may, but totally inhibits the rational operations of the mind.

From The World in Chains Some Aspects of War and Trade by Mavrogordato, John

Yellow fever and calenture broke out among the troops in camp around Santiago about the same time that they appeared in Siboney.

From Campaigning in Cuba by Kennan, George

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

From The Path of the King by Buchan, John