Megrims

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Chiefly preceded by the: depression, low spirits, unhappiness. plural, plural-only

    "Thou art properly my cephalick ſnuff, and art no bad medicine againſt megrims, vertigoes, and profound thinking—ha, ha, ha."

  2. 2
    plural of megrim form-of, plural
  3. 3
    a state of depression wordnet
  4. 4
    Any of various diseases of animals, especially horses, marked by a disturbance of equilibrium and abnormal gait and behaviour such as staggers or a sudden vertigo, sometimes followed by unconsciousness; the staggers. plural, plural-only

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"Thou art properly my cephalick ſnuff, and art no bad medicine againſt megrims, vertigoes, and profound thinking—ha, ha, ha."

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