megrim
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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 Richard Burton
It is possible that some one may say "Connu!" both to the stories themselves and to the moral of real suffering, as opposed to mere megrim, which is so obviously deducible from them.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury
Bartley Fallon: And a sort of a megrim in my head, the same as a sheep would get a fit of staggers in a field.
From New Irish Comedies by Lady Gregory
Among others are these words: chapellin', chanch, coxy, corchey, dawnin', fettle, franzy, gell, megrim, nattering, nesh, overrun, queechy, plash.
From George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy by George Willis Cooke
The toy held a chosen perfume or essence supposed to be reviving in case miladi felt a swoon or megrim about to overwhelm her; as ladies did in past centuries and do no longer.
From The Thing from the Lake by Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie) Ingram
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