phthisic

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

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2015

The boatman smiles, Princess Volupine extends A meagre, blue-nailed, phthisic hand To climb the waterstair.

From Poems by Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns)

In special hospitals, orthop�dic, paraplegic, phthisic, neurasthenic, we shall give him back functional ability, solidity of nerve or lung.

From Another Sheaf by Galsworthy, John

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)

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