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Webster 1913 Edition
Qualm
Qualm
,Noun.
1.
Sickness; disease; pestilence; death.
[Obs.]
thousand slain and not of
qualm
ystorve [dead]. Chaucer.
2.
A sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony.
“ Qualms of heartsick agony.” Milton.
3.
Especially, a sudden sensation of nausea.
For who, without a
On holy garbage, though by Homer cooked?
qualm
, hath ever lookedOn holy garbage, though by Homer cooked?
Roscommon.
4.
A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction.
Dryden.
Webster 1828 Edition
Qualm
QU'ALM
,Noun.
1.
A rising in the stomach, as it is commonly called; a fit of nausea, or a disposition or effort of the stomach to eject its contents.2.
A sudden fit or seizure of sickness at the stomach; a sensation of nausea; as qualms of heart-sickagony.For who, without a qualm, hath ever look'd on holy garbage, though by Homer cook'd?
3.
A scruple of conscience, or uneasiness of conscience.