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For a sick qualmish stomach either preparation is an excellent remedy, as the virtue of the bark rests in this essential volatile oil.
From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie
So, conscience being a brave supporter, I abode in silence, though not without many queer and qualmish thoughts, and a pit-patting of the heart, not unco pleasant in the tholing.
From The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself by David Macbeth Moir
"I am fain to see it, for I am waundy qualmish dancing to this up-an'-down tune, wi' nought but the wind for my fiddle."
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by John Roby
The qualmish knave, no longer brave, Could only groan, “Not I.”
From Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17) Fun and Thought for Little Folk by Daniel Edwin Wheeler
Yet, notwithstanding folks might scout it, It suited qualmish Spinsters, who fell sick, And didn’t wish the world to know about it.
From Broad Grins Comprising, With New Additional Tales in Verse, Those Formerly Publish'd Under the Title "My Night-Gown and Slippers." by George Colman
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