Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- An amended, and former, spelling of
phthisis . - noun etc. Obsolete spellings of phthisic, etc.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Consumption; phthisis. See
phthisis . - adjective Consumptive, phthisical.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun dated
consumption ;phthisis
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Examples
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a wheezin 'with the tisic he didn't know whether he was a-foot or a-horseback.
Watch Yourself Go By Ben W. [Illustrator] Warden
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Ef he ketched cold he would hev the tisic, (phthysic). "
Watch Yourself Go By Ben W. [Illustrator] Warden
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There was Jerry on the window sill, humped all up like an old woman with the tisic. "
Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper James A. Cooper
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