phthisic

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

From Washington Post • Sep. 10, 2015

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

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

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

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