Definitionadj. of or relating to or having or resembling scurvy
Last update: October 5, 2015
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The town owes its prosperity to its beautiful situation in a fine valley surrounded by mountains, and possesses a tepid mineral spring, considered efficacious in cases of general debility and for scorbutic and consumptive complaints. [Please select]
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In the flood tide of my passion she married a scorbutic archdeacon of the name of Jugg. [Please select]
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Their sustenance was fish, fruits, vegetables, and seeds of grass, and many of the tribes were said to have been dreadfully scorbutic. [Please select]
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(The beagle lifts his snout, showing the grey scorbutic face of Paddy Dignam.) [Please select]
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An abundant supply of provisions of an anti-scorbutic nature was placed on board. [Please select]
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His crew had been kept in excellent health by the anti-scorbutic provisions on which they were fed, and by the frequent airing of the ship by fires. [Please select]
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The winter was less pleasantly spent than the former, while some slight cases of scurvy appeared, arising from the want of fresh anti-scorbutic plants. [Please select]
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