calenture
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
And us wi' scarce any water and half on us rotten wi' scurvy or calenture, an' no luck this cruise, neither!
From Martin Conisby's Vengeance by Farnol, Jeffery
“Too old!”–His calenture ceased suddenly; there was a tug on his fishing line.
From The Bonadventure A Random Journal of an Atlantic Holiday by Blunden, Edmund
Sweetheart, I can write unto you but with a weak hand, for I have suffered the most violent calenture for fifteen days that ever man did and lived.
From Great Ralegh by Selincourt, Hugh de
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 Tappan, Eva March
This day likewise, I had a stroke of the sun, which occasioned a burning fever or calenture.
