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quamish

American  
[kwey-mish] / ˈkweɪ mɪʃ /

adjective

Chiefly Ocracoke Island.
  1. queasy; having an upset stomach; qualmish.


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And though you be very well and hearty, yet you must seem to be weak and quamish stomackt; for first or last the month of lying-in must be kept full out.

From The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple by Marsh, A.

Well who would not, for so much honour and respect, but now and then suffer the trouble of his wives quamish stomack with some charges to't?

From The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple by Marsh, A.

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