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  • noun Obsolete spelling of fever.

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Examples

  • A couple of thoughts if Beth still has a feaver the tepid bath may work best.

    The Fear Invasion Elizabeth McClung 2008

  • And it seems so stupid because, unlike many people he lived his life with more feaver and intensity then most ever will.

    avanery Diary Entry avanery 2006

  • Over and over again as a reason for temporary relief being granted, the phrase is added "Bad with feaver," or "A Bad Feaver," and many are the entries which refer to Small-pox.

    Fragments of Two Centuries Glimpses of Country Life when George III. was King Alfred Kingston

  • Gibsons fever still continues obstinate tho 'not verry high; we gave him a dose of Dr. Rushes pills which in maney instancis I have found extreamly effecasious in fevers which are in any measure caused by the presence of boil. the niter has produced a perfuse perspiration this evening and the pils opperated late at night his feaver after which abated almost intirely and he had

    Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 1904

  • Continued the barks with Bratten, and commenced them with gibson his feaver being sufficiently low this morning to permit the use of them.

    Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 1904

  • The first of this month I had a feaver seat'd upon me which, indeed, was the longest and sorest that ever I had, lasting 4 dayes, and the weather being very hott made it the more tedious, but it pleased the Lord to support my heart in his goodness, and to hear my Prayers, and to deliver me out of adversity.

    Anne Bradstreet and Her Time Campbell, Helen, 1839-1918 1890

  • The first of this month I had a feaver seat'd upon me which, indeed, was the longest and sorest that ever I had, lasting 4 dayes, and the weather being very hott made it the more tedious, but it pleased the Lord to support my heart in his goodness, and to hear my Prayers, and to deliver me out of adversity.

    Anne Bradstreet and Her Time Helen Campbell 1878

  • Well theas Lines Leaves my Self & Famly injoying Reasinable health I have had the feaver, but have Chills at times but Still able to tend to Bisness I am

    Liberian Letters: William Douglass to Dr. James H. Minor 1859 January 26 1859

  • Children and some of our old Peopoel is about to take the Affrican feaver But not as yet

    Liberian Letters: William Douglass, Hugh Walker, and Samuel Carr to Dr. James H. Minor 1857 February 6 1857

  • Continu the barks with Bratten, and Commenced them with gibson his feaver being Sufficiently low this morning to permit the use of them.

    The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1806 Meriwether Lewis 1791

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