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A sickness felt by aëronauts due to high speed of flights and rapidity in changing altitudes, combining some symptoms of mountain sickness and some of seasickness.

Affected with aërial sickness. -- Air"sick`ness, n.

Disordered in the understanding; giddy; thoughtless. -- Brain"sick*ness, n.

In a brainsick manner.

Sick from excess in eating or drinking. [Obs.] "Cropsick drunkards." Tate. -- Crop"sick`ness, n. [Obs.] Whitlock.

Sick as a dog sometimes is very sick. [Colloq.]

Love-sick. Shak.

To search for gold by picking at stone or earth or among roots in isolated spots, picking over abandoned workings, etc.; hence, to steal gold or auriferous matter from another's claim. [Australia]

Made sick by consciousness of guilt. "A guilt-sick conscience." Beau. c& El.

Sick at heart; extremely depressed in spirits; very despondent.

Pining for home; in a nostalgic condition. -- Home"sick`ness, n.

Having the ironwork loose or corroded; -- said of a ship when her bolts and nails are so eaten with rust that she has become leaky.

Languishing with love or amorous desire; as, a love-sick maid. To the dear mistress of my love-sick mind. Dryden.

The state of being love-sick.

A peculiar malignant disease, occurring in parts of the western United States, and affecting certain kinds of farm stock (esp. cows), and persons using the meat or dairy products of infected cattle. Its chief symptoms in man are uncontrollable vomiting, obstinate constipation, pain, and muscular tremors. Its origin in…

Having phthisis, or some symptom of it, as difficulty in breathing.

p. pr. & vb. n. fr. Physic, v. t.

Affected with seasickness.

The peculiar sickness, characterized by nausea and prostration, which is caused by the pitching or rolling of a vessel.

Consumptive, phthisical.