Sickness; disease; pestilence; death. [Obs.] thousand slain and not of qualm ystorve [dead]. Chaucer.
A sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony. " Qualms of heartsick agony." Milton.
Especially, a sudden sensation of nausea. For who, without a qualm, hath ever looked On holy garbage, though by Homer cooked Roscommon.
A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of conscience; compunction. Dryden.
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