megrim
Example Sentences
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"As you refuse to hearken to the voice of common sense, and afflict yourself with a megrim, I leave you to your fate."
From Rossmoyne by Unknown
And intellectually, it would seem to be the result of a bad quarter of an hour of the author: a megrim of the soul.
From Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities by Burton, Richard
The late Dr. Monro asserted in his lectures, that he cured the hemicrania, or megrim, by a strong vomit, and a brisk purge immediately after it.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
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
"Mr. Manners was in Derby, and Mrs. Manners had a megrim."
From Come Rack! Come Rope! by Benson, Robert Hugh
