water brash
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of water brash
First recorded in 1795–1805
Example Sentences
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There is a disease that afflicts many frontier people, called by some "sick stomach," by others, "water brash," from its symptoms of sudden nausea, with vomiting, especially after meals.
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The symptoms of dyspepsia are:Feeling of weight in the stomach;Bloated condition after eating;Belching of wind;Nausea;Vomiting of food;Water brash;Pain in the stomach;Heartburn;Bad taste in the mouth in the morning;Palpitation of the heart;Cankered mouth; loss of flesh;Fickle appetite; depression of spirits;Lack of energy; headache and constipation.
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All that live-long night he puked and strained till he got so weakened his head hung over the side of the bed and hot water poured out of his mouth same as if he had water brash.
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The result is a coarse, pasty mass of almost raw oatmeal, an extremely indigestible compound, the use of which causes water brash.
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