n. [ AS. cwealm death, slaughter, pestilence, akin to OS. & OHG. qualm. See Quail to cower. ]
thousand slain and not of qualm ystorve [ dead ]. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
For who, without a qualm, hath ever looked
On holy garbage, though by Homer cooked? Roscommon. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Sick at the stomach; affected with nausea or sickly languor; inclined to vomit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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