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Any affection produced by the action of the sun on some part of the body; especially, a sudden prostration of the physical powers, with symptoms resembling those of apoplexy, occasioned by exposure to excessive heat, and often terminating fatally; coup de soleil.

), a sudden and unexpected movement or attack. -- Coup de soleil (k Etym: [F.] (Med.), a sunstroke. See Sunstroke. -- Coup d'état (k Etym: [F.] (Politics), a sudden, decisive exercise of power whereby the existing government is subverted without the consent of the people; an unexpected measure of state, more or less…

A light cloth covering for the head and neck, used by soldiers as a protection from sunstroke.

A stroke or blow, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc.

A sunstroke.

A sunstroke.

Overcome by, or affected with, sunstroke; as, sun-struck soldiers.

rmic balance. See Bolometer. -- Thermic fever (Med.), the condition of fever produced by sunstroke. See Sunstroke. -- Thermic weight. (Mech.) Same as Heat weight, under Heat.