phthisic

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Volutes, asportation, imbricated, Mnemosyne and phthisic are a few of the others.

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2015

On the first examination he said he could not account for the statements of his captain and surgeon, unless they arose from a remark he made that he had phthisic when he was small.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)

Come, now, wasn't my picture of the phthisic wife and moaning child worth a place on the line—I mean, wasn't it good, eh?

From Mortmain by Train, Arthur Cheny

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

He corned for us ten minutes behind the town clock, and Mammy Dilsie had phthisic, so I had to fix the two twins, and we're done left.

From The Tinder-Box by Daviess, Maria Thompson