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Scorbutus :: Scorbutus (n.) Scurvy.

Scurviness :: Scurviness (n.) The quality or state of being scurvy; vileness; meanness.

Scald :: Scald (a.) Scurvy; paltry; as, scald rhymers..

Scorbute :: Scorbute (n.) Scurvy.

Antiscorbutic :: Antiscorbutic (a.) Counteracting scurvy.

Scurvy :: Scurvy (n.) A disease characterized by livid spots, especially about the thighs and legs, due to extravasation of blood, and by spongy gums, and bleeding from almost all the mucous membranes. It is accompanied by paleness, languor, depression, and general debility. It is occasioned by confinement, innutritious food, and hard labor, but especially by lack of fresh vegetable food, or confinement for a long time to a limited range of food, which is incapable of repairing the waste of the system. It

Scurvy :: Scurvy (n.) Vile; mean; low; vulgar; contemptible.

Antiscorbutic :: Antiscorbutic (n.) A remedy for scurvy.

Horse-radish :: Horse-radish (n.) A plant of the genus Nasturtium (N. Armoracia), allied to scurvy grass, having a root of a pungent taste, much used, when grated, as a condiment and in medicine..

Spoony :: Spoonwort (n.) Scurvy grass.

Scurvy :: Scurvy (n.) Covered or affected with scurf or scabs; scabby; scurfy; specifically, diseased with the scurvy..

Scorbutical :: Scorbutical (a.) Of or pertaining to scurvy; of the nature of, or resembling, scurvy; diseased with scurvy; as, a scorbutic person; scorbutic complaints or symptoms..

Scurvily :: Scurvily (adv.) In a scurvy manner.

Whoreson :: Whoreson (n.) A bastard; colloquially, a low, scurvy fellow; -- used generally in contempt, or in coarse humor. Also used adjectively..

Winter''s Bark :: Winter's bark () The aromatic bark of tree (Drimys, / Drymis, Winteri) of the Magnolia family, which is found in Southern Chili. It was first used as a cure for scurvy by its discoverer, Captain John Winter, vice admiral to sir Francis Drake, in 1577..

Scab :: Scab (n.) The itch in man; also, the scurvy..

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