misease
AmericanEtymology
Origin of misease
1150–1200; Middle English misese < Old French mesaise. See mis- 1, ease
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He called to his table such good knights as were in misease, by reason of prison or of war.
From French Mediaeval Romances from the Lays of Marie de France by Marie de France
We die, sire, of famine and of all misease.
From Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut by Eugene Mason
There were they a while of time in great misease, and so long that the son of the Count was much sick, insomuch that the Count and Messire Thibault had fear of his dying.
From Old French Romances by William Morris
No hand shall be raised against her, and she dies by misease; yet shall she not die in bed,” and the old woman nodded prophetically.
From In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls by Clyde Osmer De Land
Wheaten flour boiled in milk and applied while warm hath been known to work wonders for such misease.
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Lucy Foster Madison
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