Fever 1793 vocab Flashcards

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Dosed

A

To treat with an application or agent

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2
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Victuals

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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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4
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Prestle

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A tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar

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5
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Miasma

A

Hey dangerous foreboding or deathlike influence or atmosphere

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6
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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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7
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Liebchen

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German for sweetheart

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8
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Demure

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Characterized by shyness and modesty reserved

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9
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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

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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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12
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Grippe

A

Influence

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13
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Peale,Charles Wilson

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Early American portrait painter

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14
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King George 111

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Monarch of England during the revolutionary war

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15
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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

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Robust

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Healthy and strong

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Fervent

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Showing intensity

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Quarantine

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To isolate due to illness

20
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Fractious

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Uncooperative troublesome

21
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Ominous

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Foreshadowing evil

22
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Noxious

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Unhealthy poisonous

23
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Almshouse

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

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Pestilence

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A contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is devastating

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Dittany
A Creech and plant of the mint family having spikes of purple flower informally believed to have medical qualities
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Jalap and calomel
It twisting Eastern Mexican vine having tumorous roots that are dried powder and usually medically as cathartic
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Cajoling
To persuade by flattery or promises
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Brambles
A prickly shrub or bush
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Slovenly
Untidy or unclean in appearance or habits
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Destitute
Without means of subsidence lacking food clothing and shelter
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Impudence
The quality of being offensively bold
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Potters field
A place for the burial of unknown or in Digest persons
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Wraith
Something shadowy and in substanceal
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Apothecary
One that prepares and sells drugs and other medicines
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Stays and shift
A straight loose fitting dress warm with or without a belt a woman's slip