megrim : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: megrim	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for megrim
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
megrim n a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men Synonym(s): migraine, megrim, sick headache, hemicrania
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Megrim \Me"grim\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo[94]l.) The British smooth sole, or scaldfish ({Psetta arnoglossa}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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 nevrous headache, usually periodical and confined to one side of the head. 2. A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural, lowness of spirits. These are his megrims, firks, and melancholies. --Ford. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scaldfish \Scald"fish`\, n. [Scald, a. + fish.] (Zo[94]l.) A European flounder ({Arnoglossus laterna}, or {Psetta arnoglossa}); -- called also {megrim}, and {smooth sole}.