phthisic
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Volutes, asportation, imbricated, Mnemosyne and phthisic are a few of the others.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 10, 2015
She went before the commissary, but was obliged to return with that 'becco ettico,' as she called the poor man, who had a phthisic.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas
Yes, there's considerable of ager and phthisic and bilious fever.
From Hoosier Mosaics by Thompson, Maurice
What you are about, I cannot guess, even from your date;—not dauncing to the sound of the gitourney in the Halls of the Lowthers? one of whom is here, ill, poor thing, with a phthisic.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 2 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas
After going down the line several times and a number of scholars had fallen on some simple word the school-master pronounced the word "phthisic."
From Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul by Moore, Frank
