megrim

Example Sentences

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"Mr. Manners was in Derby, and Mrs. Manners had a megrim."

From Come Rack! Come Rope! by Benson, Robert Hugh

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 Saintsbury, George

I'd have called it a kind of a megrim myself, and, as I say, I certainly perceived a sort of charnel-'ouse smell in the room I'm in.

From In Mr. Knox's Country by Ross, Martin

"Mother has a megrim," she said; "she is in her chamber."

From Come Rack! Come Rope! by Benson, Robert Hugh

The least depression such as comes with headaches, megrim, or moodiness may have the worst effect, or even make their use quite impossible.

From How to Sing [Meine Gesangskunst] by Aldrich, Richard