mal de mer

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Other solutions, like cutting from the right side of a frame to the left within what was originally one shot, were so dislocating that they induced brief spells of mal de mer.

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Dr. Desnoes has been having the company ship-doctors gather data on the malady, known also as mal de mer and nausea marma, to which most people, even sailors, are subject.

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Talbot exclaims at one point, but the energy he might have devoted to metaphysical speculations on this insight pour instead into keeping himself upright on the heaving decks and avoiding mal de mer.

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Long's chores keep him below decks much of the time, poring over charts� an occupation that undoubtedly contributes to his mal de mer.

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It is pleasant to see how quickly the sufferers shake off the evil spirit of the sea—the terrible mal de mer, pull themselves together, and step on shore, beaming with heroic smiles.

From Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta by Devereux, W. Cope