Scaldfish \Scald"fish`\, n. [Scald, a. + fish.] (Zool.)
A European flounder ({Arnoglossus laterna, or Psetta
arnoglossa); -- called also megrim, and smooth sole.
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Megrim \Me"grim\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zool.)
The British smooth sole, or scaldfish ({Psetta arnoglossa).
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Megrim \Me"grim\, n. [OE. migrim, migrene, F. migraine, LL.
hemigrania, L. hemicrania, hemicranium, Gr. ?; ?- half + ?
skull. See Hemi- and Cranium, and cf. Hemicrania,
Migraine.]
1. A kind of sick or nervous headache, usually periodical and
confined to one side of the head; now more commonly called
migraine headache or migraine.
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2. A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural,
lowness of spirits.
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These are his megrims, firks, and melancholies.
--Ford.
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3. pl. (Far.) A sudden vertigo in a horse, succeeded
sometimes by unconsciousness, produced by an excess of
blood in the brain; a mild form of apoplexy. --Youatt.
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megrim
n : a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently
in women than men [syn: migraine, sick headache, hemicrania]
WordNet (r) 2.0
hemicrania, migraine, sick headache
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