More meanings / definitions of Phrs. 1. Very coarse, bristly. Also, when applied to a person, uncouth and objectionable. [Late 1800s] 2. Unwell, sick. " or words, sentences containing Phrs. 1. Very coarse, bristly. Also, when applied to a person, uncouth and objectionable. [Late 1800s] 2. Unwell, sick. "?
Ill (a.): Sick; indisposed; unwell; diseased; disordered; as, ill of a fever.
Uncouth (a.): Unfamiliar; strange; hence, mysterious; dreadful; also, odd; awkward; boorish; as, uncouth manners.
Objectionable (a.): Liable to objection; likely to be objected to or disapproved of; offensive; as, objectionable words.
Late (v.): Existing or holding some position not long ago, but not now; lately deceased, departed, or gone out of office; as, the late bishop of London; the late administration.
Late (v.): Continuing or doing until an advanced hour of the night; as, late revels; a late watcher.
Put (n.): A rustic; a clown; an awkward or uncouth person.
Late (v.): Far advanced toward the end or close; as, a late hour of the day; a late period of life.
Sick (superl.): Affected with, or attended by, nausea; inclined to vomit; as, sick at the stomach; a sick headache.
Litter (n.): A bed or stretcher so arranged that a person, esp. a sick or wounded person, may be easily carried in or upon it.
Late (v.): Not long past; happening not long ago; recent; as, the late rains; we have received late intelligence.
Coarse (superl.): Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.
Thickskin (n.): A coarse, gross person; a person void of sensibility or sinsitiveness; a dullard.
Brute (n.): A brutal person; a savage in heart or manners; as unfeeling or coarse person.
Sike (n.): A sick person.
Late (a.): Far in the night, day, week, or other particular period; as, to lie abed late; to sit up late at night.
Crank (n.): A sick person; an invalid.
Ignore (v. t.): Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly; as, to ignore certain facts; to ignore the presence of an objectionable person.
Nurse (n.): One who nourishes; a person who supplies food, tends, or brings up; as: (a) A woman who has the care of young children; especially, one who suckles an infant not her own. (b) A person, especially a woman, who has the care of the sick or infirm.
Nurse (v. t.): To take care of or tend, as a sick person or an invalid; to attend upon.
Bedpan (n.): A shallow chamber vessel, so constructed that it can be used by a sick person in bed.
Coarse (superl.): Not refined; rough; rude; unpolished; gross; indelicate; as, coarse manners; coarse language.
Sick (superl.): Having a strong dislike; disgusted; surfeited; -- with of; as, to be sick of flattery.
Late (v.): Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time; not early; slow; tardy; long delayed; as, a late spring.
Late (a.): After the usual or proper time, or the time appointed; after delay; as, he arrived late; -- opposed to early.
Overlate (a.): Too late; exceedingly late.
Swab (n.): A bit of sponge, cloth, or the like, fastened to a handle, for cleansing the mouth of a sick person, applying medicaments to deep-seated parts, etc.
Floccillation (n.): A delirious picking of bedclothes by a sick person, as if to pick off flocks of wool; carphology; -- an alarming symptom in acute diseases.
Grosgrain (a.): Of a coarse texture; -- applied to silk with a heavy thread running crosswise.
Setous (a.): Thickly set with bristles or bristly hairs.
Hoddengray (a.): Applied to coarse cloth made of undyed wool, formerly worn by Scotch peasants.
