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Webster 1913 Edition
Famine
Fam′ine
,Noun.
[F.
famine
, fr. L. fames
hunger; cf. Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] want, need, Skr. hāni
loss, lack, hā
to leave.] General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution.
“Worn with famine.” Milton.
There was a
famine
in the land. Gen. xxvi. 1.
Famine fever
(Med.)
, typhus fever.
Webster 1828 Edition
Famine
FAM'INE
,Noun.
1.
Scarcity of food; dearth; a general want of provisions sufficient for the inhabitants of a country or besieged place.There was a famine in the land. Gen. 26.
2.
Want; destitution; as a famine of the word of life.