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Fever 1793 vocab Flashcards

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1
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Dosed

A

To treat with an application or agent

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Victuals

A

Food or provisions for human beings

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3
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Supped

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To take in small mouthfuls

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Prestle

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A tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar

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Miasma

A

Hey dangerous foreboding or deathlike influence or atmosphere

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Bilious

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Suffering from caused by or attended by trouble with the bile or liver

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Liebchen

A

German for sweetheart

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Demure

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Characterized by shyness and modesty reserved

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Mangle

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A machine for smoothing oppressing close household linen

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10
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The war

A

American Revolution

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11
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Blanchards yellow balloon

A

First hot air balloon flight in America

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Grippe

A

Influence

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13
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Peale,Charles Wilson

A

Early American portrait painter

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14
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King George 111

A

Monarch of England during the revolutionary war

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Loiter

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To hang around a place with no purpose

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Abhor

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To hate or despise

17
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Robust

A

Healthy and strong

18
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Fervent

A

Showing intensity

19
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Quarantine

A

To isolate due to illness

20
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Fractious

A

Uncooperative troublesome

21
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Ominous

A

Foreshadowing evil

22
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Noxious

A

Unhealthy poisonous

23
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Almshouse

A

A house endowed by private charity for the reception and support of the aged or in firm poor

24
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Pestilence

A

A contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is devastating

25
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Dittany

A

A Creech and plant of the mint family having spikes of purple flower informally believed to have medical qualities

26
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Jalap and calomel

A

It twisting Eastern Mexican vine having tumorous roots that are dried powder and usually medically as cathartic

27
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Cajoling

A

To persuade by flattery or promises

28
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Brambles

A

A prickly shrub or bush

29
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Slovenly

A

Untidy or unclean in appearance or habits

30
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Destitute

A

Without means of subsidence lacking food clothing and shelter

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Impudence

A

The quality of being offensively bold

32
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Potters field

A

A place for the burial of unknown or in Digest persons

33
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Wraith

A

Something shadowy and in substanceal

34
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Apothecary

A

One that prepares and sells drugs and other medicines

35
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Stays and shift

A

A straight loose fitting dress warm with or without a belt a woman’s slip

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