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  • noun Plural form of colic.

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Examples

  • If this should be observed even on Saturday night and Sunday, there would be fewer cases of "Monday morning sickness," such as colics and lymphangitis.

    Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877

  • He also tells us that anise was used to substitute lovage in seasonings, as well as to alleviate headaches, soothe the stomach, clear the eyes, and treat colics and coughs.

    2008 November « Baking History 2008

  • His saddle horse lays down, colics, and after sending for a vet had to kill it there.

    The Best Day of All? 2008

  • He also tells us that anise was used to substitute lovage in seasonings, as well as to alleviate headaches, soothe the stomach, clear the eyes, and treat colics and coughs.

    Announcing Think Spice… …Think Anise « Baking History 2008

  • Is the guy simply supposed to shut up and accept everything because the woman happens to have colics?

    NEW TECHNOLOGY, SAME OLD SEXISM » Sociological Images 2009

  • The first week in school she had diarrhea and colics.

    2010 Nutritional guidelines | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008

  • Slight Inconveniences Attached to the Arts. Those who handle lead and quicksilver are subject to dangerous colics, and very serious affections of the nerves.

    A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

  • They ate, of course, apart, and afterwards the old lady, more or less veiled behind a window, returned to the vital business of green-mango colics in the young.

    Kim 2003

  • They also have antispasmodic properties, which are especially useful for colics of the gallbladder, stomach, colon, and kidneys.

    THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003

  • Among them there is never gout in the hands or feet, nor catarrh, nor sciatica, nor grievous colics, nor flatulency, nor hard breathing.

    The City of the Sun 2002

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