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Definition of Qualms
Qualm Qualm Qualm, n. [AS. cwealm death, slaughter, pestilence, akin
to OS. & OHG. qualm. See Quail to cower.]
1. Sickness; disease; pestilence; death. [Obs.]
thousand slain and not of qualm ystorve [dead].
--Chaucer.
2. A sudden attack of illness, faintness, or pain; an agony.
`` Qualms of heartsick agony.' --Milton.
3. Especially, a sudden sensation of nausea.
For who, without a qualm, hath ever looked On holy
garbage, though by Homer cooked? --Roscommon.
4. A prick or scruple of conscience; uneasiness of
conscience; compunction. --Dryden.
