megrim
Example Sentences
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The late Dr. Monro asserted in his lectures, that he cured the hemicrania, or megrim, by a strong vomit, and a brisk purge immediately after it.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
It is possible that some one may say "Connu!" both to the stories themselves and to the moral of real suffering, as opposed to mere megrim, which is so obviously deducible from them.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury
"Mother has a megrim," she said; "she is in her chamber."
From Come Rack! Come Rope! by Robert Hugh Benson
I'd have called it a kind of a megrim myself, and, as I say, I certainly perceived a sort of charnel-'ouse smell in the room I'm in.
From In Mr. Knox's Country by Martin Ross
Bartley Fallon: And a sort of a megrim in my head, the same as a sheep would get a fit of staggers in a field.
From New Irish Comedies by Lady Gregory
