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megrim |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scaldfish \Scald"fish`\, n. [Scald, a. + fish.] (Zo["o]l.) A European flounder ({Arnoglossus laterna}, or {Psetta arnoglossa}); -- called also {megrim}, and {smooth sole}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Megrim \Me"grim\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo["o]l.) The British smooth sole, or scaldfish ({Psetta arnoglossa}). From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Megrim \Me"grim\, n. [OE. migrim, migrene F. migraine, LL hemigrania, L. hemicrania, hemicranium Gr ?; ?- half + ? skull. See {Hemi-} and {Cranium}, and cf {Hemicrania}, {Migraine}.] 1. A kind of sick or nevrous headache, usually periodical and confined to one side of the head. 2. A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural, lowness of spirits. These are his megrims, firks, and melancholies. --Ford. 3. pl (Far.) A sudden vertigo in a horse, succeeded sometimes by unconsciousness, produced by an excess of blood in the brain; a mild form of apoplexy. --Youatt. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: megrim n : a severe recurring vascular headache; occur more frequently in women than men [syn: {migraine}, {sick headache}, {hemicrania}]
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