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• Sick

  ·noun <<Sickness>>. II. Sick ·superl Corrupted; imperfect; impaired; weakned. III. Sick ·vi To fal...

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• Fancy-sick

  ·adj Love-sick. ...

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• Guilt-sick

  ·adj Made sick by consciousness of guilt. ...

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• Iron-sick

  ·adj Having the ironwork loose or corroded; — said of a ship when her bolts and nails are so eaten ...

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• Love-sick

  ·adj Originating in, or expressive of, languishing love. II. Love-sick ·adj Languishing with love o...

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• Sick-brained

  ·adj Disordered in the brain. ...

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• Turn-sick

  ·adj <<Giddy>>. II. Turn-sick ·noun A disease with which sheep are sometimes affected; gid; sturdy....

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• sheep-sick

  n. Used of pastures exhausted forcarrying sheep. Compare English screw-sick, paint-sick,nail-sick, ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• dog sick

  A common expression, meaning very sick at the stomach. He that saieth he is dog sick, or sick as a ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• car-sick

  the kennel, from CAR and SIKE, a furrow or gutter ; q. the Cart-gutter. Yorks. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• iron-sick

  The condition of vessels when the iron work becomes loose in the timbers from corrosion by gallic ac...

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• sick-bay

  A portion of the fore-part of the main-deck, reserved for the accommodation of the sick and wounded;...

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• sick-book

  An account of such officers and men as are on the sick list on board, or are sent to an hospital, ho...

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• sick-flag

  The yellow quarantine flag, hoisted to prevent communication; whence the term of the yellow flag, an...

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• sick-mess

  A table for those on the doctor's list. When seamen are thus placed, their provisions are turned ove...

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• sick-ticket

  A document given to an officer, seaman, or marine, when sent to an hospital, certified by the signin...

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• sick-berth attendant

  See loblolly-boy. ...

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• sick as a horse

  Horses are said to be extremely sick at their stomachs, from being unable to relieve themselves by v...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• sick as a dog

  A common expression, meaning very sick at the stomach. He that saieth he is dog sick, or sick as a ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• sick as a horse

  'I'm as sick as a horse,' is a vulgar phrase which is used when a person is exceedingly sick. As a h...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.