looseness

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Many of the Sick have not the least Degree of Fever, nor of Thirst, which perhaps is less common in this Disease, than in a simple Purging or Looseness.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

Looseness of thought, moments of idleness, or yieldings to self, serve to weaken the reverential feeling in our hearts toward him.

From Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians by Orr, Charles Ebert

The Looseness continued till the 15th, when most of the icteric Symptoms were gone, and by the 30th they entirely disappeared.

From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald

In short it strengthens the Bowels, and, without checking the necessary Evacuations, it moderates the Looseness, when it is hurtful.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

Looseness of rhythm may be detected, excruciating rhymes are not awanting, but all are forgiven and forgotten in the enjoyment of the feast as a whole.

From Robert Burns Famous Scots Series by Setoun, Gabriel