Meaning of head-ache | Babel Free

Definitions

Archaic form of headache.

alt-of, archaic

Examples

“I saw⟳ the lions the next morning, acquired a considerable dizziness and head-ache, in my way to the top of King’s Chapel, and got baked in the hot house of the botanical garden, with the dregs of yesterday’s wine still in my head:—[…]”

“[…] if the good people who used to kneel⟳ and gape in that gallery could have⟳ foreseen that the time would ever come⟳ when men and women might lie⟳ another ten minutes in bed, when they woke with a head-ache, without danger of reprobation, because chapel was missed, they would have⟳ jumped with joy and envy.”

“I also asked the great favour of him, as he would sit⟳ next to me in the canoe, to smoke⟳ as little as possible, as it always made me sick, and gave me a head-ache, to which he replied that he only smoked the kinnekinnic, which is a mild preparation […]”

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