4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Scaldfish \Scald"fish`\, n. [Scald, a. + fish.] (Zool.) A European flounder ({Arnoglossus laterna}, or {Psetta arnoglossa}); -- called also {megrim}, and {smooth sole}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Megrim \Me"grim\, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zool.) The British smooth sole, or scaldfish ({Psetta arnoglossa}). [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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}. [1913 Webster +PJC] 2. A fancy; a whim; a freak; a humor; esp., in the plural, lowness of spirits. [1913 Webster] These are his megrims, firks, and melancholies. --Ford. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: megrim n : a severe recurring vascular headache; occurs more frequently in women than men [syn: {migraine}, {sick headache}, {hemicrania}]
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