megrim

Example Sentences

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Why should she learn it is the correct thing to say she is not at home when she is, or that she is suffering from a foolish megrim when she isn't?

From Mrs. Geoffrey by Duchess

But that evening at supper, the serving-maid brought up a large brew of herbs, dark and nauseous, which Dame Ashton had sent as good for the young lady's megrim.

From Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland by Yonge, Charlotte Mary

The man came, prescribed for a megrim, and Alexander did not call him again; nor did he mention his mother's condition to the rest of the family.

From The Conqueror by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn

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 Saintsbury, George

The toy held a chosen perfume or essence supposed to be reviving in case miladi felt a swoon or megrim about to overwhelm her; as ladies did in past centuries and do no longer.

From The Thing from the Lake by Ingram, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie)