phthisic
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Volutes, asportation, imbricated, Mnemosyne and phthisic are a few of the others.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2015
Them was our brag-words, phthisic and asthma was.
From Sonny, a Christmas Guest by Ruth McEnery Stuart
She went before the commissary, but was obliged to return with that 'becco ettico,' as she called the poor man, who had a phthisic.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
After going down the line several times and a number of scholars had fallen on some simple word the school-master pronounced the word "phthisic."
From Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul by Frank Moore
She put it on her knee, and played a tune that would have made gout, cholic and phthisic dance upon their last legs.
From Peg Woffington by Charles Reade
